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Mass. reports uptick in new school coronavirus cases: 13,380 among students and 4,043 among staff
The reported total cases among students and staff climbed nearly 63 percent more than those reported last week, to 13,380 new cases among students and 4,043 among staff for the week that ended Wednesday.
Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health releases new town-by-town data for coronavirus cases every week. Here is the latest set of such data showing how the coronavirus has ravaged individual communities throughout the state.
South African firm says it may close its COVID vaccine plant
The first factory to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Africa says it has not received enough orders and may stop production within weeks.
Meatpackers hyped ‘baseless’ shortage to keep plants open despite covid risks, House report alleges
"Meatpacking companies knew the risk posed by the coronavirus to their workers and knew it wasn't a risk that the country needed them to take," according to the report by the select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis.
Biden co-hosts 2nd global COVID summit as US nears 1 million deaths
President Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he convenes the second global COVID-19 summit at a time when faltering resolve at home jeopardizes that global response.
WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa
The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic.
Mass. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, but experts think we may be nearing the peak
In a troubling trend for a state trying to get back to normal, Massachusetts COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been gradually rising for weeks. But experts say the spring wave could soon begin to subside without ever reaching levels similar to last winter’s deadly Omicron surge.
Northampton reinstates school mask mandate following increase in COVID-19 cases
School officials in Northampton announced this week that the district will be requiring masks in school again, following an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the last week.