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Accusations swirl at Holyoke veterans hospital, mayor says coronavirus outbreak was kept secret even as death toll rose
The coronavirus had descended upon the complex, and veterans were dying rapidly. On Tuesday the toll reached 13 fatalities, with at least six due to the virus. Yet somehow, at a time when infection control at elder care facilities is of paramount importance, the outbreak was apparently kept secret.

He served his country on dangerous ground for 40 years. The Holyoke coronavirus outbreak took his life

The White House gave a detailed explanation of how the coronavirus outbreak may play out (with slides)

Dow tumbles Wednesday amid worsening coronavirus figures

Six-foot rule to protect against coronavirus is questionable, MIT professor says

Governor Baker is set to launch a major coronavirus tracing initiative. Some say it might be too late

The initiative will enlist more than 1,200 public health college students to ease the burden on local health boards by collecting information from people potentially infected by each COVID-19 patient.

Shutdowns and stay-at-home orders may be slowing spread of coronavirus, new data show

The dramatic social distancing measures in Massachusetts and beyond have shown the first potential hints of slowing the advance of the novel coronavirus, evidence that public health officials said underscores the importance of keeping people home to blunt the impact of an increasingly deadly pandemic.

State mum on outbreaks as coronavirus death toll in nursing homes mounts

Precisely how many outbreaks are underway at places that house the state’s most vulnerable residents — or where — is unknown.
Wilmington nursing home moving residents out to create coronavirus recovery center

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Ramp up enforcement of social distancing

EDITORIAL

Mass. should lead the way on virus immunity tests

Jim Stergios

Students still need to learn during the coronavirus pandemic

RENÉE GRAHAM

The futility of hate-watching Trump’s coronavirus briefings

What small business owners need to know about the $2 trillion stimulus package

Here's what small businesses and nonprofits need to know about the $2 trillion stimulus package
Live Updates

Russia sending medical aid to US amid coronavirus pandemic

Cambridge biotech seeks OK for coronavirus test that delivers results in 15 minutes

Researchers at Mass. General are ‘cautiously optimistic’ that the product, which resembles a pregnancy test, is reliable.

Resident of Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea dies of coronavirus
Officials confirmed Wednesday that a resident of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home for veterans has succumbed to the coronavirus, following troubling reports out of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where at least six of 13 recent deaths have been attributed to the virus.

Seven Catholic priests test positive for COVID-19 in Boston archdiocese

Interactives

New York’s staggering coronavirus outbreak, in five charts

How overwhelmed could New England hospitals become? Explore maps of different scenarios

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country. Here’s how we got there

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The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

The coronavirus tracker

These maps track the path of coronavirus

Dos and Don'ts

How to keep kids connected with friends, even when they’re housebound

Does your mail have to be quarantined?

Tech tools aimed at assessing the likelihood that you have COVID-19

Do you need to stock up on bottled water? In a word, no.

christopher l. gasper
Chris Sale is latest example of Red Sox continuing to compound mistakes
The Sox erred with Jon Lester, and they erred by giving Sale a huge extension.

From her Cambridge living room, Warren appears on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’
Here's what the Massachusetts senator said about a potential vice president role when she spoke to Seth Meyers from her Cambridge home Wednesday.

Lawyers for Mass. man accused in horrific N.H. crash calls initial police assessment ‘deeply flawed’
Attorneys for the Massachusetts man who allegedly crashed his truck and attached trailer into a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire last June, killing seven people, are saying an initial police assessment of the horrific incident was deeply flawed.

More Recent headlines

Man charged in 2018 Dorchester slaying released from prison amid coronavirus concerns

SJC hears arguments over releasing some inmates during the pandemic

Essex Heritage launches online database for outdoor and cultural resources

Coronavirus resources

How the Greater Boston biomedical community is tackling the coronavirus

Some good coronavirus news: genetic detectives are on the case

Mass. insurers to cover full cost of coronavirus testing, treatment

Keeping your hands clean in the time of coronavirus

Access to this important coronavirus content is provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

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Recommended Reads

At doctors’ offices, this is the year of the rescheduled appointment

A cascade of calendar-clearing appointment delays and cancellations is adding to the sense of anxiety gripping older folks as coronavirus cases surge across Massachusetts.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Without hair stylists, we’re suddenly in a hairy situation
Cooped up for weeks as we shelter-at-home, we've lost the valuable skills of stylists, colorists, and barbers, and the results aren't pretty.

Working from home reveals new, not always flattering side of romantic partners
It's a reality that millions of Americans are facing as they adjust to working from the couch with a new set of colleagues: their beloved family.

Rhode Island

One month into the coronavirus crisis, Rhode Island fears a lost summer

As residents prepare for at least another month of working from home, distance learning for kids, empty streets, and closed stores, they’re finding creative ways to inspire hope during the pandemic, while reminding themselves that the sacrifices they’re making now may be the only chance they have at enjoying Rhode Island’s most precious season.

How many R.I. residents will die from the coronavirus? Here’s what one projection says

‘Knock it off’ T-shirts selling like clam cakes

Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe’s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump’s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president’s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump’s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin’s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They’re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here’s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

Prayers in Vegas, slumped shoulders in N.H. — inside the final days of Warren’s campaign

Elizabeth Warren reflected on what was happening in a series of behind-the scenes interviews with the Globe in the final month of her campaign.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston’s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation’s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis — a very slow moving crisis — that puts our region’s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Coronavirus stokes fears real and imagined

EDITORIAL

A president unfit for a pandemic

SCOT LEHIGH

Coronavirus crisis frames our election choice

JEFF JACOBY

Excluding Taiwan from the WHO is a political and medical outrage

LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

‘The strong get stronger’: The coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate some of the most worrisome trends in American life — unless we take action

VISUAL STORIES

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

Surf’s up in Narragansett: Riders are social distancing themselves on the waves

17 photos of the coronavirus’s effect around the world

Photos: Tom Brady’s 20-year career with the Patriots

metro

One month into the coronavirus crisis, Rhode Island fears a lost summer
As residents prepare for at least another month of working from home, distance learning for kids, empty streets, and closed stores, they’re finding creative ways to inspire hope during the pandemic, while reminding themselves that the sacrifices they’re making now may be the only chance they have at enjoying Rhode Island’s most precious season.

RHODE MAP

How many R.I. residents will die from the coronavirus? Here’s what one projection says

The estimates on the number of people who will die from the coronavirus still appear to be a moving target, but a widely-cited study from the University of Washington gives us an idea of how bad the virus could be in Rhode Island.

‘Knock it off’ T-shirts selling like clam cakes

In three days, sales of the Frog & Toad T-shirts have provided $12,000 to the Rhode Island Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund.

R.I. will keep the I-195 off-ramp open in Providence after all

Essex Heritage launches online database for outdoor and cultural resources

STAT

Coronavirus survives on surfaces up to 72 hours. Here’s how to protect yourself

‘It’s been kind of rough’: Seattle ICU nurse shares her experience treating Covid-19 patients

WHO to launch multinational trial to jumpstart search for coronavirus drugs

Will immune therapies for the coronavirus be ready in time?

sports

Rob Gronkowski set to serve as grand marshal for virtual NASCAR race

The retired Patriots star will join forces with WWE star Mojo Rawley on Sunday.
High School Basketball

He was 15 when he first found basketball in the Congo. Five years later, he’s found a home at Lynn English

An offer to come to this country from the Democratic Republic of Congo has opened up a world of opportunity that he intends to take advantage of.
High School Basketball

On and off court, siblings Bryson and Janyah Gulley a story of inspiration

Former Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe tests positive for coronavirus

Politics

Early divisions as Congress weighs next help for economy

Business

Dow tumbles Wednesday amid worsening coronavirus figures

Marijuana

2 of Iowa’s 5 medical marijuana dispensaries have closed

magazine
Dispatches from the Edge

What I've learned dealing with anxiety may help you now

Dispatches from the Edge

Small business operators share their coronavirus stories

Dispatches from the Edge

My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper

The Kicker

Do you remember the moment you turned 'old'?

sports

Chris Sale is latest example of Red Sox continuing to compound mistakes

What went right (a lot) and wrong (not much) for the Bruins this season

Remembering my best day as a Boston sportswriter

metro

One month into the coronavirus crisis, Rhode Island fears a lost summer

How many R.I. residents will die from the coronavirus? Here’s what one projection says

‘Knock it off’ T-shirts selling like clam cakes

Nation

Shutdowns and stay-at-home orders may be slowing spread of coronavirus, new data show

Wilmington nursing home moving residents out to create coronavirus recovery center

Saudi official urges Muslims to delay hajj plans over coronavirus

World

Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid

Europe’s lockdown gets tighter as Spain’s death toll mounts

Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic

politics

Watch live: White House officials give coronavirus briefing

How will we vote? Outbreak revives debate on mail-in ballots

How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump’s Easter plan

business

Dow tumbles Wednesday amid worsening coronavirus figures

Danaher completes acquisition of GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences division

Dow caps worst-ever first quarter with a more than 400-point slide

lifestyle

From her Cambridge living room, Warren appears on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’

Dishes you can make with what’s on hand

The year of the pandemic Passover

marijuana

2 of Iowa’s 5 medical marijuana dispensaries have closed

Coronavirus likely dooms Missouri recreational marijuana campaign

Former NFL player Kyle Turley under fire for claiming CBD can cure coronavirus

opinion

Ramp up enforcement of social distancing

Mass. should lead the way on virus immunity tests

Iranian journalist Mohammad Mosaed tops ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases

food & dining

The year of the pandemic Passover

Chocolate care packages for you or a loved one

Bustling tap rooms replaced with fear and sadness at local breweries

travel

When students have to evacuate Spain in two days, emotions run high

Why a Northampton family is staying put in Spain

‘Skip-gen’ travel trend adds a new segment to the family vacation

Books

Tom Perrotta on ‘The Leftovers’ and how we behave in times of fear and loss

Hilary Mantel on re-reading

‘Too Much’ draws a direct line from Victorian to contemporary restraints on women

Movies

A summer camp that enabled the disabled

R. Crumb’s cartoon therapy; a cruel solution to overpopulation

Extra-sensory perception from a trio of boundary pushers

Television

Take a good look at the consistently good John Turturro

‘Some Good News,’ with your anchor, John Krasinski

The time is right to revisit ‘The Night Of’

music

From Rockport, Tom Rush reports he’s recovering from coronavirus

Boston Calling canceled amid coronavirus concerns

The epic dread of Bob Dylan’s ‘Murder Most Foul’

Theater/Dance

John Douglas Thompson to star in Shakespeare on the Common’s ‘Tempest’

In Cameron Esposito’s memoir, Boston ‘plays a big role’

Boston Ballet announces dancer promotions for the 2020-2021 season

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don’t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Michael Sorkin, who championed social justice via architecture, dies at 71 from COVID-19

Michael Mone, trial lawyer and leader in state legal community, dies at 77

Last design: Dying of coronavirus, a famous architect planned his final resting place