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Half of adults have heard little or nothing about new COVID boosters, survey finds

“America is not rushing out to get the new booster,” said Drew Altman, the president of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

New nasal spray vaccines might reduce COVID infections, but the money is still missing

New nasal spray vaccines might reduce COVID infections and cut off transmission, but data supporting the approach, and funding for clinical trials, is scant.

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.

One Mass. county has high community COVID-19 level, 10 have medium levels, CDC reports

Berkshire County has a high community COVID-19 level, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It marks the first time in about three months that any Massachusetts county has been rated as having a high COVID level.

Boston Public Health Commission warns of increase in COVID-19 particles in waste water

Because testing data often lags behind wastewater measures, officials expect to see rises in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in the coming days, the commission said Thursday.
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COVID cases increase sharply among Mass. children and teens as school starts, fall arrives

Children and teens have seen sharp increases in COVID-19 case counts recently, led by 10- to 19-year-olds who saw a 59.6 percent jump in the latest weekly report, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

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.

‘I call malarkey.’ Biden says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘over.’ But some experts say not so fast.

The president's comments Sunday came as the United States is still seeing a seven-day average of 391 COVID-19 deaths and 60,831 cases per day as of mid-September from the disease that swept into the country in 2020.

Walgreens says it’s seeing ‘supply interruptions’ of updated Moderna booster shot

Walgreens says it is working to reschedule some appointments for the new updated booster shot from Moderna due to “supply interruptions,” but it still has the updated booster from Pfizer available. CVS on Thursday also reported some locations had run out of the Moderna booster.

COVID-19 boosters targeting Omicron are now available. Will people want them?

Some doctors have seen high interest in the new shots.

When to get your Omicron booster, and other things to know about the new shots

Here’s what to know about the new shots, now that the FDA and CDC have signed off.

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives.