Coronavirus Pandemic

With peak season for respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 approaching, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday launched a refreshed dashboard to track trends and provide the public with helpful information focused on COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial syndrome (RSV). The redesigned dashboard, which will cont...

Reports of people being denied insurance coverage for the latest Covid vaccines emerged last week as the shots were rolled out to pharmacies

More than three years into the pandemic, the millions of people who have suffered from long COVID finally have scientific proof that their condition is real.

There is still no evidence that molnupiravir, sold under the brand name Lagevrio, has produced more transmissible or severe variants of Covid.

As cases and hospitalizations climb in the U.S., government officials are bringing back a program that brings free COVID tests mailed directly to residents.

Fall is right around the corner, along with a potential surge in COVID-19. While Boston health experts expect cases will go up, they don’t anticipate anything like the earlier part of the pandemic. At Whitter Street Health Care Center, staff are watching for COVID cases closely, but so far, so good. “It’s more of a gradual increas...

Americans will soon be able to use COVIDtests.gov to request four free tests, the Biden administration said in a release. 

Updated Covid boosters from Pfizer and Moderna will soon be administered at pharmacies, and many other locations across the U.S.

Everyone ages 6 months and older should get the updated Covid vaccine this fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

The Biden administration said it expects the new Pfizer and Moderna vaccines targeting the omicron variant XBB.1.5 to be available in mid-September. 

The Food and Drug Administration plans to greenlight updated versions of the COVID-19 booster as early as Friday, according to four people familiar with the agency’s plans.

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced on Monday.

A new and rare COVID variant that is just starting to be seen here in the U.S. “bears watching” because of how many mutations it has, according to two top Boston doctors. So far, the new BA.2.86 strain, nicknamed “Pirola,” has not shown any increased transmissability, but it might be able to bypass immunity from the COVID-19...