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Vaccine Rollout in Massachusetts Continues Its Rocky Pace Taking Shots Rob Whitten, executive director of the Leavitt Family Jewish Home, gets vaccinated in January. For the public, the process has been thornier. February was the month all seniors in Massachusetts would finally be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Instead, it was a month of frustration. “It’s simply inexcusable, in a state with the healthcare infrastructure and high-tech reputation we have, that the vaccine rollout was all...

Getting a COVID-19 shot in Chelsea turned me into a poster child for the inequities baked into the system set up under Governor Baker.

Massachusetts can succeed in a teleworking world In the post-pandemic remote-work economy, there’s no reason the state can’t attract as many workers as it loses. By The Editorial BoardUpdated February 27, 2021, 4:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike under the David Ortiz Bridge on Brookline Avenue in Kenmore Square during the morning commute.Lane Turner/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe other Georgia? The country has a special visa program for foreigners who wan...

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Nearly 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Massachusetts were snatched up in 90 minutes Thursday amid massive wait times.

Sarno calls for 250 initial doses and 250 follow-up doses for each of five proposed sites in city neighborhoods.

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GBH State House reporter Mike Deehan analyzed the legislature's hearing on the governor's pandemic response

Gov. Charlie Baker spoke about the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout and engaged in a back-and-forth on the particulars of the effort with the Legislature’s COVID-19 committee for an hour Thursday, but co-chair Rep. Bill Driscoll thought the gravity of...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at a mega vaccination site for coronavirus at the Natick Mall on Feb. 24. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald, pool via AP) Members of the state Legislature held a public hearing to discuss failures and delays in Massachusetts vaccine rollout. For six hours, a joint committee of state representatives and senators grilled Gov. Charlie Baker and members of his administration, listening to them testify on issues related to vaccine distribution and equity. The tech...