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Massachusetts residents who’ve registered for the VaxMillions giveaway have a third shot at winning either $1 million or a huge college scholarship Monday, when state officials draw the latest lottery winners. The third of five drawings was taking place Monday for the sweepstakes, meant to drive up the state’s vaccination rate. The lottery gives fully vaccinated residents the chance...

The pressure on the Baker administration to require masks in classrooms this fall gained a strong voice Friday when Senate President Karen Spilka formally called on the governor to require universal masking in schools. “Public health experts and the American Academy of Pediatrics agree that universal masking in schools is an effective way to keep our vulnerable children and residents…

U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will join the YMCA of Greater Boston and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston for a Town Hall on Friday.

U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky joined the YMCA of Greater Boston and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston for a town hall on Friday. The event was held at the Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury, with a select audience of parents and students able...

Watch LIVE as The Sec. of Education and the CDC Director come to Boston for an intimate Town Hall with the YMCA of Greater Boston and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. A select group of parents and kids will get to ask questions about plans for returning to school safely this year as COVID cases rise again. The...

Massachusetts on Thursday announced its second set of winners in the VaxMillions giveaway, a sweepstakes meant to drive up the state’s vaccination rate. Donna McNulty of Billerica, a longtime employee of a small publishing and software company, won $1 million, the Baker administration said in a release. Dylan Barron of Norwood, a student at Blue Hills Regional Technical School, won…

Kids in grades K-6 are urged to wear masks indoors, but facial coverings will not be mandated in Massachusetts schools.

The first two winners of the state’s Vaxmillions lottery were publicly announced Thursday.

The first winner in a series of 10 big prizes is expected to be announced Thursday as part of Massachusetts’ VaxMillions giveaway.

Monday is the first drawing in the Massachusetts’ VaxMillions giveaway, and millions of people are in the running for 10 big prizes.

Monday is the first drawing in the Massachusetts’ VaxMillions giveaway, and millions of people are in the running for 10 big prizes.

Over 2 million people in Massachusetts have signed up for a chance to win either the $1 million prize or the $300,000 college scholarship from the state, officials said.

Thursday was the first deadline for Massachusetts’ VaxMillions giveaway, and millions of people are in the running for 10 big prizes — the first of which will be announced next week.

COVID-19 cases are rising again in Massachusetts, which has some health professionals expressing concern. State health officials reported another 236 confirmed coronavirus cases — the most cases in a single day since early June — and four new deaths on Thursday. The last time Massachusetts reported more than 236 new cases in one day was on June 3. The state’s COVID…

As the “hypertransmissable” Delta variant surges in communities across the U.S., CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky issued a stark warning to those who remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus, saying, “Our biggest concern is that we’re going to see preventable cases, hospitalizations and sadly, deaths among the unvaccinated.”

Restaurants and other businesses are open at full capacity, many people are walking around freely without face coverings, and life in Massachusetts is returning to normal, yet health professionals are concerned about upward movement in some metrics used to measure the spread of COVID-19. The seven-day average of confirmed coronavirus cases climbed to 141 on Wednesday, up from a low…

There has been a cluster of breakthrough coronavirus cases among vaccinated people in Provincetown.

Officials in Provincetown, Massachusetts, are sounding the alarm after a handful of new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Cape Cod tourist community in recent days. Town Manager Alex Morse said Tuesday afternoon in a statement that, “Overwhelmingly, the affected individuals have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The moderate intensity of symptoms indicates that the vaccines are working as predicted.”…

Provincetown, Massachusetts, has seen a “handful” of new coronavirus cases in the past few days, Town Manager Alex Morse said on Facebook Monday.

The latest CDC data shows that the Delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.