COVID-19 updates in Boston, MA: Here's the latest https://www.boston.com/tag/coronavirus/ Boston.com Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BDC_Logo_2020_Social_WhiteBG-609c79a967eee-150x150.png COVID-19 updates in Boston, MA: Here's the latest https://www.boston.com/tag/coronavirus/ 32 32 Did you follow the local news this week? Take our Greater Boston news quiz. https://www.boston.com/community/quizzes/2024/07/19/news-quiz-july-19-2024-sharks-beaches-closed-cape-cod-bridge/ https://www.boston.com/community/quizzes/2024/07/19/news-quiz-july-19-2024-sharks-beaches-closed-cape-cod-bridge/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=30805925 Test your knowledge of beach bacteria, shark shenanigans, and bridge building in this week’s news quiz.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/community/quizzes/2024/07/19/news-quiz-july-19-2024-sharks-beaches-closed-cape-cod-bridge/feed/ 0 It’s not your imagination, more people are getting COVID again https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/12/its-not-your-imagination-more-people-are-getting-covid-again/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/12/its-not-your-imagination-more-people-are-getting-covid-again/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:07:16 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=30705142 Experts are seeing a small spike in the number of cases in the region as the new variant FLiRT makes it round.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/12/its-not-your-imagination-more-people-are-getting-covid-again/feed/ 0 Anthony Fauci covers an eventful career, covid and all, in ‘On Call’ https://www.boston.com/news/books/2024/06/25/anthony-fauci-covers-an-eventful-career-covid-and-all-in-on-call/ https://www.boston.com/news/books/2024/06/25/anthony-fauci-covers-an-eventful-career-covid-and-all-in-on-call/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:35:41 +0000 The scientist, public health official and unlikely political lightning rod writes candidly about Donald Trump, the AIDS crisis and other subjects.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/books/2024/06/25/anthony-fauci-covers-an-eventful-career-covid-and-all-in-on-call/feed/ 0 What to know about Moderna’s combined covid-flu vaccine on the horizon https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/06/11/moderna-combined-covid-flu-vaccine/ https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/06/11/moderna-combined-covid-flu-vaccine/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:49:51 +0000 Moderna said its combined vaccine would improve coverage rates and reduce barriers to vaccination.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/06/11/moderna-combined-covid-flu-vaccine/feed/ 0 Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/06/03/fauci-testifies-publicly-before-house-panel-on-covid-origins-controversies/ https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/06/03/fauci-testifies-publicly-before-house-panel-on-covid-origins-controversies/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:33:54 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=30338755 Dr. Anthony Fauci faced heated questioning from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/06/03/fauci-testifies-publicly-before-house-panel-on-covid-origins-controversies/feed/ 0 Moderna’s mRNA dreams meet reality with first post-Covid shot https://www.boston.com/news/health/2024/05/09/modernas-mrna-massachusetts-first-post-covid-shot/ https://www.boston.com/news/health/2024/05/09/modernas-mrna-massachusetts-first-post-covid-shot/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 12:20:05 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=30088147 The forthcoming RSV shot, expected to get US regulatory approval this month, is Moderna’s first chance to show the versatility of mRNA technology to more effectively treat and prevent a range of illnesses from the flu to cancer.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/health/2024/05/09/modernas-mrna-massachusetts-first-post-covid-shot/feed/ 0 Two ex-officials of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/26/cases-settled-2-ex-officials-of-holyoke-veterans-home-where-76-died-in-the-pandemic-avoid-jail-time/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/26/cases-settled-2-ex-officials-of-holyoke-veterans-home-where-76-died-in-the-pandemic-avoid-jail-time/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:26:38 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=29611169 “Today the justice system failed the families who lost their loved ones at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home," state Attorney General Andrea Campbell said in a statement.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/26/cases-settled-2-ex-officials-of-holyoke-veterans-home-where-76-died-in-the-pandemic-avoid-jail-time/feed/ 0 Former superintendent of veterans home where nearly 80 died of COVID likely to change not guilty plea https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/25/former-superintendent-of-veterans-home-where-nearly-80-died-of-covid-likely-to-change-not-guilty-plea/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/25/former-superintendent-of-veterans-home-where-nearly-80-died-of-covid-likely-to-change-not-guilty-plea/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:27:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=29603083 Bennett Walsh faces 10 criminal charges after he placed veterans at Holyoke Soldiers Home who tested positive for COVID in the same area as those who did not exhibit symptoms.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/25/former-superintendent-of-veterans-home-where-nearly-80-died-of-covid-likely-to-change-not-guilty-plea/feed/ 0 What happened after a man got 217 coronavirus shots https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/03/06/what-happened-after-a-man-got-217-coronavirus-shots/ https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/03/06/what-happened-after-a-man-got-217-coronavirus-shots/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:46:53 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=29422912 German researchers have examined a “hypervaccinated” man they say received more than 200 coronavirus shots without any noticeable side effects or harm to his immune system. Their findings, published Monday in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, a medical journal, indicate that coronavirus vaccines have a “good degree of tolerability,” the researchers said, although they noted this […]

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/03/06/what-happened-after-a-man-got-217-coronavirus-shots/feed/ 23 The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit? https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/03/01/the-cdc-has-relaxed-covid-guidelines-will-schools-and-day-cares-follow-suit/ https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2024/03/01/the-cdc-has-relaxed-covid-guidelines-will-schools-and-day-cares-follow-suit/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2024 01:41:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=29386884 The CDC says children can go back to school when their overall symptoms improve and they’re fever-free for 24 hours without taking medication.

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