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Massachusetts surpasses 108,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases after 210 new cases reported The Department of Public Health reported an additional 210 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and confirmed 12 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Saturday, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,291.In addition to the total of 108,107 confirmed cases in Massachusetts, state health…

A Massachusetts restaurant is repealing its “racist” dress code, with the owner apologizing to protesters for not realizing the impact of his policy, according to reports. About 100 demonstrators gathered outside Nathan Bill’s Bar and Restaurant in Springfield to protest a policy that prohibited baggy blue jeans, long white T-shirts, do-rags and baseball caps worn backwards.…

State officials are urging the public to take proper precautions when outdoors after the mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus was detected in mosquitoes sampled in two Massachusetts communities in the past week, signaling the start of what is expected to be another active year for EEE cases, they say. The state Department of Public Health…

Mary Altaffer This Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 photo shows male mosquitos at the the Vosshall Laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York. SOURCE: Mary Altaffer SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice Massachusetts health officials report season’s first EEE positive mosquito sample Massachusetts health…

Massachusetts is among only a handful of states that is on its way to containing COVID-19, according to one model. The tool, created by Covid Act Now, a collection of epidemiologists, health and public policy experts, and technologists, shows the commonwealth is one of four states “on track” to stopping the spread of the coronavirus.…