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Many Massachusetts towns and cities will be allowed to move to the next step of the state’s reopening plan next week, as Gov. Charlie Baker seeks to bolster the economy in lower-risk communities. Baker said Tuesday those communities would be able to move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan on Monday, increasing the number of…

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced that lower-risk communities in Massachusetts will be able to move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, effective Monday. The move comes as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to tick up in Massachusetts. But Baker, speaking at a news conference at the state house, appeared confident that further reopening is…

Massachusetts communities at low risk of coronavirus transmission can move into the next step of reopening, Phase 3, Step 2, starting next week, Gov. Charlie Baker said.

Lower-risk communities in Massachusetts will be able to move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan starting Monday.

Black leaders in Boston are calling on city officials to step up efforts to combat coronavirus in their communities.

Classes are now underway at many New England colleges, and problems have begun cropping up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S., but there have...

Merrimack College is shifting to online classes for the week after learning of a dozen more coronavirus cases believed to be unrelated to a cluster confined to one residence hall.

Mike Proulx, advertising lecturer at Boston University, talks about a new tool that uses machine learning to predict a COVID-19 outbreak before it happens.

Classes are now underway at many New England colleges, and problems are already starting to crop up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S., but...

In a Sunday letter to the university community, UNH President James Dean said more than 100 students and non-students attended the “reprehensible” party at 5 Strafford Ave. in Durham.

Classes haven’t even started yet at many New England colleges, but already problems are starting to crop up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S.,...

A cluster of coronavirus cases has been linked to a “wedding event” in Rhode Island last month, which officials say was composed of 20 people mostly from Massachusetts. According to the Department of Public health, the event took place in late July at a house rented for the occasion. Of the guests who went, 19 contracted the virus, including 17…

The number of coronavirus cases tied to a recent wedding and reception in Maine now stands at 53, with one death. On Saturday, the Maine Center for Disease Control announced dozens of new positive tests associated with events at the Tri-Town Baptist Church in East Millinocket and The Big Moose Inn in Millinocket. On Friday, Millinocket Regional Hospital had announced…

A coronavirus case has been tied to an off-campus party at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Federal health officials have identified red onions from Thomson International in Bakersfield, California, as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. No deaths have been reported.

Ten people have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a house party on Cape Cod with between 30 and 50 people earlier this month, according to the Boston Globe. Chatham’s health director told the Globe that the cluster of cases all appear to be related to a July 12 party involving a group of people who work together…

A new study from the CDC says that the true number of coronavirus cases in the United States may be 6 to 24 times higher than previously reported.

An independent investigation into the deadly coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home released Wednesday said the facility’s leadership team made “substantial errors” in responding to the outbreak that resulted in the deaths of at least 76 veterans and the infection of an additional 84 veterans and over 80 staff members. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker hired former federal prosecutor Mark…

Devastated family members are speaking out after a new report revealed horrifying conditions at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

A new report has been released in the investigation into a coronavirus outbreak that left 76 veterans dead at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.