BOSTON (AP) — The state’s professional sports teams will soon be able to begin practicing again and diners could also begin enjoying outdoor eating at local restaurants, Gov. Charlie Baker said...
BOSTON (AP) — Marijuana shops in many states have enjoyed brisk business during the coronavirus pandemic. In New England? Not so much.
Recreational shops reopened this week in Massachusetts...
BOSTON (AP) — In another sign of progress in the battle against the spread of the coronavirus in Massachsuetts, a field hospital set up inside the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is...
BOSTON (AP) — Boston will move cautiously to avoid a second shutdown as the state begins to reopen, Mayor Marty Walsh said at a Tuesday press conference.
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday outlined a phased-in approach to gradually restart the Massachusetts economy, which was largely shuttered nearly two months ago as the state ramped up...
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is urging companies to let as many employees as possible work from home to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, even after the state begins to restart the...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker laid out an ambitious testing goal Thursday that he said will create the largest coronavirus testing program on a per capita basis anywhere in the...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts reported the fewest new COVID-19-related deaths in more than a month Tuesday.
There were 33 deaths, bringing to 5,141 the total number of deaths recorded since...
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts death toll from COVID-19 surged past 5,000 on Monday even as the state began mapping out plans to gradually restart the state’s economy.
With states across the country beginning to reopen businesses, Massachusetts’ governor is facing mounting pressure to follow suit even as coronavirus deaths reached another grim...
BOSTON (AP) — More than 14,000 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been contacted by Massachusetts' contact tracing program since it launched last month, Gov. Charlie Baker said...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents are now required to wear facial coverings when in public.
An executive order signed by Gov. Charlie Baker last week took effect Wednesday mandating the...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is continuing to see coronavirus numbers heading in the right direction, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday.
One good sign is that even as the state increases the...
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday that Massachusetts is seeing hopeful data about the state’s effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
An update of COVID-19 news from across New England:
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The city of Boston will enforce a new statewide order requiring people to wear masks or face coverings, Mayor Marty...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in Massachusetts topped 3,700 on Friday.
The state reported 154 new deaths, bringing to 3,716 the total number of deaths...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Massachusetts surged by 252 on Wednesday, the state’s single highest daily death total since the start of the pandemic.
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is extending the state’s stay-at-home advisory from May 4 until May 18 as Massachusetts continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus.
The coronavirus kept a tight grip Monday on hard-hit Massachusetts, which added 1,000 new deaths in just five days as the pandemic peaks in the state.
BOSTON (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 deaths has surged past 3,000, just five days after crossing the threshold of 2,000 deaths.
Massachusetts health officials reported 104 new COVID-19...
BOSTON (AP) — A look at developments around New England related to the coronavirus pandemic:
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A Massachusetts factory that normally makes some of the nation’s most beloved...
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that while the state continues to battle the coronavirus, it still hasn’t reached the other side of the surge.
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts deaths in the coronavirus pandemic topped 2,300 on Thursday as the virus added to what Gov. Charlie Baker described as a “staggering” toll.
BOSTON (AP) — School buildings in Massachusetts will remain closed through the end of the academic year, but remote learning will continue, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday.
BOSTON (AP) — The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Massachusetts rose to 1,809 Monday. That’s an increase of 103 in the past day, according to public health officials.
Massachusetts has become a hot spot of coronavirus infections, drawing the concern of federal officials and promises of aid from hard-hit New York as the state's death toll prepares to double in...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Massachusetts rose to 1,404 Friday. That's an increase of 159 in the past day, the highest daily total to date according to public health...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he’s talking to health care professionals as he weighs whether to extend the state of emergency beyond May 4 to help stem the spread of the...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has surged past 1,000 deaths as the state struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Wednesday.
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is joining six other Eastern states to coordinate strategies for reopening their economies after the coronavirus pandemic eases, Gov. Charlie Baker's office said...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts hit a cruel milestone Thursday in its effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic, surging past 500 deaths and rapidly approaching 20,000 confirmed cases, authorities...
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker announced a new contact tracing program Friday that he said will help the state limit the further spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts.
BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots private team plane returned to Boston from China on Thursday on a rainy afternoon carrying most of an order of 1 million masks critical to health care...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker found himself in need of an assist to help the state fight the coronavirus pandemic.
BOSTON (AP) — Two residents of another veterans care center in Massachusetts have died of COVID-19, officials said Wednesday.
The confirmation of the deaths at the Chelsea Soldiers' Home...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of residents of a Massachusetts veterans home who have recently died is now 13, and six of those tested positive for the coronavirus, state authorities said...
BOSTON (AP) — The superintendent of a Massachusetts veteran's home was removed from his duties Monday after 11 residents died, including at least five who had tested positive for coronavirus and...
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A look at developments related to the new coronavirus around New England:
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The number of cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts jumped by more than...
BOSTON (AP) — All visitors arriving in Massachusetts are being asked to self-quarantine for 14 days as the state tightens its efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Charlie Baker said...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of people in Massachusetts who have died from COVID-19 jumped by 10 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 25 since the start of the outbreak.
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is ordering schools and non-emergency child care programs in Massachusetts to remain closed through the end of April as the state works to curb the spread of the...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered all nonessential businesses to close by Tuesday afternoon and remain closed until at least April 7 in an effort to slow down the spread of...