vaccinations

It’s an exciting time for some first responders as Massachusetts’ first mass coronavirus vaccination site officially opened Monday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. The site had a soft opening last week. Gillette will provide the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine for staff doing first responder vaccinations. Cambridge-based CIC Health is managing the site. The plan is to start...

The site plans to begin with 300 vaccinations a day and build up to 5,000 vaccinations a day as more people become eligible.

The doors of Gillette Stadium open Friday to first responders in a soft launch of the state’s first mass vaccination site. Gov. Charlie Baker announced that Massachusetts had finalized plans for the large-scale site at Gillette Tuesday, just days after the state was moved into the “severe outbreak” category by a national data tracker. The home stadium of the...

Hundreds of first responders rolled up their sleeves Friday at Gillette Stadium, the first mass vaccination site in Massachusetts.

Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, opened Friday to first responders in a soft launch of the state’s first mass vaccination site.

Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts’ communities are at the highest risk of coronavirus transmission, state health data released Thursday shows. The town-by-town coronavirus risk data — which classifies communities’ risk level on a scale from red, the highest, to grey — puts a record 229 cities and towns in the red zone, up from 219 last week. That’s just shy of…

The doors of Gillette Stadium open Friday to first responders in a soft launch of the state’s first mass vaccination site.

Gov. Charlie Baker hailed a new round of financial assistance for small businesses in Massachusetts impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, saying he hoped the funds would tide them over until economic activities normalize. In a press conference at Ristorante Saraceno in Boston’s North End, Baker said the grants would provide some $78.5 million in awards to 1,595 additional small…

Help is on the way for small businesses in the Bay State.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker speaks Ristorante Saraceno in the North End and announces a small business relief grant program.

Gov. Charlie Baker is hoping to get more COVID-19 vaccines out to people across Massachusetts.

Gov. Charlie Baker released new details Wednesday on the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations in Massachusetts. On Monday, the state began administering vaccine doses to first responders — including police, firefighters and EMTs. The next step in the state’s vaccine plan will focus on congregate care facilities. Starting next week, roughly 94,000 people living and working in congregate care settings…

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said that the next step in the state’s vaccine plan will focus on congregate care facilities.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that Massachusetts has finalized plans for its first mass vaccination site at Gillette Stadium, just days after the state was moved into the “severe outbreak” category by a national data tracker. The home stadium of the New England Patriots and Revolution will open Thursday to provide the first doses of the vaccine for staff doing…

As the vaccine rollout continues, people will be able to get their shots at Gillette Stadium.

Gov. Charlie Baker says the Gillette Stadium vaccine distribution site will eventually deliver up to 5,000 doses a day.

England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warned that the “next few weeks are going to be the worst weeks” of the coronavirus pandemic for the U.K.’s NHS.

A Massachusetts police chief who has said he plans to skip getting the coronavirus vaccine may be having a change of heart. Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis and half of the officers in his department have had said they didn’t plan to get the vaccine when it’s made available to first responders statewide next week, MassLive reported. But reached...

Massachusetts first responders will start getting the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, but auburn’s police chief and some of his department are skeptical — leaving the town manager concerned.

The state has sent about 200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Northeastern University.