Massachusetts’ top health official has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel confirmed Friday night that she received the results earlier in the day. “As the public health commissioner and an essential state employee, I have been vigilant about practicing social distancing from my colleagues and members of the public,”…

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow, Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel has tested positive.

There are now 328 total coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, up 72 from a day earlier. It’s the largest spike since the number of cases jumped from 41 to 92 back on March 10, the same day Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency. Massachusetts is one of the states in the U.S. with the most coronavirus cases in the…

The governor also announced that small businesses will get disaster relief amidst the coronavirus outbreak.

UPDATE SUNDAY, MARCH 15: Twenty-six more cases were detected, bringing the total to 164. Details here. The number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts has risen to 138, health officials announced Saturday, up 15 from Friday. It’s the second consecutive day of a 15-person increase in the commonwealth. Also announced Saturday were the first cases in Cape Cod and Worcester. The…

The number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts has risen to 138, health officials announced Saturday, up 15 from Friday. It’s the second consecutive day of a 15-person increase in the commonwealth. Also announced Saturday were the first cases in Cape Cod and Worcester.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced that Massachusetts has set up a coronavirus response command center. Acknowledging the empty shelves seen around the commonwealth’s grocery stores, he told people there is no need to hoard food.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed a third possible case of coronavirus in the state Thursday. A Middlesex County woman in her 60s has a presumptive case of COVID-19, the DPH said Thursday. The woman recently traveled to northern Italy. The DPH has publicly acknowledged one confirmed case and another presumptive positive case. “We appreciate this patient’s cooperation,”...

A Tennessee man who has tested positive for coronavirus flew in and out of Logan International Airport in Boston.

A man who recently traveled to Wuhan, China has been diagnosed as the first Massachusetts resident with coronavirus, and the eighth case confirmed in the U.S.

The man who tested positive for the disease, a UMass Boston student, says he was not screened for the virus.

Police in one Massachusetts community have issued a warning about a particular kind of heroin after responding to nine overdoses in 16 hours. Holyoke police said Saturday that they believe each of the people who overdosed on Friday had used heroin packaged in bags stamped with the word “POWER.”

A 5-year-old Massachusetts girl who was once in critical condition with the potentially deadly EEE virus has been released from a Boston hospital after a month. Sophia Garabedian, of Sudbury, was in critical condition after being diagnosed with the mosquito-borne illness Sept. 3.

Due to concerns over the potentially deadly EEE virus, one Massachusetts community is changing their trick-or-treat hours this Halloween. Halloween trick-or-treating will be held Oct. 31 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Methuen Mayor James Jajuga announced Friday on the city’s website.

A national industry group has asked a federal judge to immediately end Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Vapor Technology Association says unless it is ended, the ban announced by Gov. Charlie Baker on Sept. 24 will destroy the state’s $331 million nicotine vapor products industry and cause “irreparable harm”...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Monday that it has reported 5 new cases of vaping-related lung injury to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bringing the statewide total to 10. Five of the cases have been confirmed, and five are considered probable for meeting the CDC’s definition of vaping-associated pulmonary injury. To date, 83 suspected vaping-related...

A 12th person has the rare and deadly EEE virus this year in Massachusetts, state health officials announced Thursday, while also announcing that only three people in the state have died. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health had previously said four people died after being infected by the virus, but said Thursday that that information was based on an incorrect...

A fourth person this year has died from EEE in Massachusetts, health officials announced Wednesday. A man in his 70s from Worcester County died from the mosquito-borne illness, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The victim was the 11th human case that has been diagnosed in the state during this year’s outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness.