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CDC urges adults 50 and older to get a 2nd booster

In a sign of growing concern among federal health officials about the spread of new coronavirus infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now saying that all people 50 or older should get a second booster shot if at least four months have passed since their first booster dose.

3,938 confirmed cases and 7 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

The coronavirus levels in Eastern Mass. waste water keep increasing, suggesting cases will continue rising

The levels of coronavirus detected in Eastern Massachusetts waste water have continued to climb this week, suggesting the current wave of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations could rise still higher.

CDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention quickly adopted the panel’s recommendation, opening a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids — just like what is already recommended for everybody 12 and older.

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.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

The charts break down vaccination recipients by age, vaccination date, location, and race/ethnicity, while also outlining vaccination brand and administration site type.

See how many people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in your Mass. town

See who has been vaccinated in your community.

A healthcare worker prepares the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to a Rakuten Group Inc. employees and their family members at the company's head office in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.

Moderna Q1 profit triples on robust COVID vaccine sales

The vaccine maker said Wednesday that revenue from its coronavirus preventive shots jumped to $5.92 billion from $1.73 billion in last year’s quarter.

A screenshot from the FaceTime call in which Aaron Hedquist discovered he had tested positive for COVID-19, just after his long-distance girlfriend, Blair Guild, had flown into Boston for a surprise visit.

‘My heart just sunk.’ She flew into Boston to surprise her boyfriend — but then he tested positive for COVID

It was a comedy of errors for the pandemic age. Blair Guild decided to travel to Boston to surprise her boyfriend. As soon as she landed, they both got a nasty surprise.

A child gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Mary's Center in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2021.

FDA will consider applications for young children’s vaccines in June

Moderna said it would complete its FDA application next week; Pfizer will do so in the next few weeks.

A person walked among flags near the Washington Monument in Washington in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19.

A devastating milestone looms: 1 million US deaths from COVID-19

The US will reach 1 million deaths from COVID-19 in May, according to the latest forecast from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.

Fauci says US is out of the ‘full-blown’ pandemic phase. But experts warn the virus still poses a threat.

Some experts cautioned Wednesday that the unpredictable virus that causes COVID-19 continues to pose a threat despite recent comments by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, that the United States is “out of the full-blown, explosive pandemic phase.”