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Massachusetts marked a major milestone this week, exactly one year since Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency due to the pandemic: A record number of people were given the coronavirus vaccine Monday. Massachusetts health officials reported that 85,690 doses of the vaccine were administered Monday, adding to a grand total of more than 2.2 million doses that have…

A record number of people were given the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts on Monday, which comes about one year since Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency due to the pandemic.

Nearly 300 people received coronavirus vaccines at a clinic reserved for first responders in the Massachusetts State Police Headquarters in Framingham.

Pfizer’s chief business officer writes the company plans to increase its doses to the federal government from four to five million per week to more than 13 million by mid-March. Moderna plans to double their delivery of doses to 40 million by April, according to a statement by the company’s president.

Worcester has been receiving fewer than 1,000 vaccine doses a week from Massachusetts — that’s for a city of about 185,000 people. “I think we’re a little frustrated with the amount of vaccination dosing that we’ve been allotted,” Worcester Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh said. Hirsh said that, when you couple that with the expanded definition of who’s eligible...

While cases are rising, so is the struggle to sign up to get a coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts.

Nearly 2,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine spoiled this week at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center in Boston, a spokesperson confirmed, at a time when vaccine doses coming to Massachusetts are down 73%. The Veterans Affairs Boston Pharmacy staff on Tuesday found out that a freezer at the Jamaica Plain campus failed, ruining 1,900 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine….

A freezer malfunction discovered Tuesday at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center in Boston ruined 1,900 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Nearly 2,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine spoiled on a truck in Jamaica Plain Tuesday, a VA spokesman confirmed, at a time when vaccine doses coming to Massachusetts are down 73%.

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine started to arrive in Massachusetts Tuesday, with more expected to come Wednesday as part of a shipment of more than 116,000 doses. The delivery adds to 59,475 doses from Pfizer that were distributed in the state in the first week they arrived. Describing it as “terrific news,” Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders said Massachusetts should receive…

Thousand of additional doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine started to arrive in Massachusetts Tuesday.

Doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine started arriving Tuesday and are expected to keep coming through Wednesday, delivering more than 11,000 doses to Massachusetts in addition to more than 59,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine that were already distributed in the first week.