30 additional COVID-19 deaths reported in Massachusetts, 228 new cases Fewer than 200 people in ICU as state records 30 new COVID-19 deaths The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 30 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Friday, bringing the state's total to 7,800.In addition, state health officials reported 228 new confirmed and probable COVID-19…

Each week, we answer "frequently asked questions" about life during the coronavirus crisis. And we ask readers to send in their queries. Some of the questions we get are a little ... unusual. They may not be the most critical health questions. Yet they are definitely interesting. So this week, here is a sampling of…

WE'LL MAP OUT YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. GABY: WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED 18 MORE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 IN THE STATE, INCLUDING FIVE DEATHS IN THE UPSTATE. WE'RE TOLD ONE OF THOSE DEATHS WAS A YOUNG ADULT FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND THAT BRINGS…

Ben Neuman, a professor at Texas A&M-Texarkana, is one of the world’s top authorities on coronaviruses. He’s said to have grown more SARS-type viruses in the lab than anyone else alive, and he was on the panel that gave the coronavirus now upending our world its official scientific name: SARS-CoV-2. Neuman is also one of…

The company’s orchestra offered prestige and job security. But the pandemic has upended hundreds of lives.Hugo Valverde, a horn player for the Metropolitan Opera, in Costa Rica, where he has relocated while furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic.Credit...Celina ValverdeJune 19, 2020Updated 4:02 p.m. ETHugo Valverde didn’t think he’d make it when he auditioned for the…