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With so many children either remote or hybrid learning, parents are understandably feeling stress from being home. A study from the University of Southern California finds women, who are more likely to be the prime caregivers, are feeling more anxious and depressed. Instead of seeing her three children off to school, Anna McKeown of Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, spends...

Research shows that moms are bearing the brunt of the toll taken on parents by the coronavirus pandemic when it comes to childcare, work and even mental health. Here are some tips to help mothers cope during these unprecedented times.

Children may play a larger role in spreading the novel coronavirus, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.

An experimental coronavirus vaccine showed a “robust” immune response, Moderna announced Tuesday, producing promising data that the vaccine may give some protection against the coronavirus. In the early stage of the Cambridge-based biotech company’s human trial, all 45 patients produced antibodies after getting two shots, which scientists believe is important for building immunity. In the trial, each participant received a...

Cambridge-based biotech company Moderna is the first in the United States to announce a start date for its final testing of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

An experimental vaccine may give some protection against the coronavirus, data from early stages of a human trial by Cambridge-based biotech company Moderna shows.

Scientists say the proteins in carbs can help you live longer after looking at diet data from more than 400,000 people.

Ninety-three percent of people in Massachusetts who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic are now without health insurance, according to a study by Families USA, a non-partisan consumer group.

Black renters experienced discrimination in 71 percent of cases that were tested in a study by Suffolk University Law School.

A new study shows patients taking Remdesivir — an experimental drug found to work against the new coronavirus — may not need to take it as long as previously thought, suggesting more patients could be treated with it. The international study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found there’s no significant difference between those who were treated…

With facial coverings here to stay for a while amid the coronavirus pandemic, researchers at the University of Chicago found what kind of fabric provides the best protection.

Some workers in Massachusetts returned to their offices this week under Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening plan, but a new study shows people would like to keep working from home.

A new study by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston shows there is a major drop in the amount of people going to the emergency room for heart attacks and strokes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Health experts fear that people may be dying at their homes due to those conditions.

Coronavirus patients around the world are rushing to join studies of an experimental drug that showed promise against some similar viruses in the past.

As a growing number of Americans are being diagnosed with the coronavirus, doctors are learning more about who may be most susceptible to the most severe complications of the disease, NBC News reports.

It takes an average of about five days for COVID-19 symptoms to show after contracting the virus, while the vast majority of people infected will develop symptoms within 12 days, researchers confirmed in a new report published in the “Annals of Internal Medicine” on Monday.

Researchers on Cape Cod are launching a new study focused on the hunting and feeding habits of the region’s great white sharks following last year’s two attacks on humans. Greg Skomal, a state marine biologist leading the effort, says the hope is to contribute critical information to the ongoing debate over how to keep Cape beachgoers safe.

Researchers have found that children ages 2 to 5 who use more screen time than other children scored worse on developmental tests. Snapchat is considering making some photos public, according to reports. It’s a move to compete with Instagram. As Apple deals with slowing iPhone sales, it’s coming up with new projects that involve a streaming service, a magazine subscription...

A study by outside consultants has found that a beleaguered Massachusetts steamship agency is cheap and plagued by in-fighting. The Seattle-based firm HMS Consulting and Technical’s 140-page report released Monday cites “penny-pinching” at the authority that provides ferry service between Cape Cod and its islands.

According to a Boston Medical Center study, in 2015, 4.6 percent of people older than age 11 in Massachusetts suffered from an opioid use disorder.