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“If you are in a high vaccination state, your job is not done because across America there are too many people and communities for whom vaccines still remain out of reach,” the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health wrote on Twitter.

While Massachusetts may not recover all of the jobs it lost until 2022, 2023, or beyond, the economic recovery here is "well underway," aided by federal stimulus spending and COVID-19 vaccinations, and the outlook for the rest of 2021 is "quite positive," according to area economists.

Massachusetts Homes in on Facial Recognition Accountability According to a recently proposed Massachusetts bill, companies could soon face penalties for misusing facial recognition technology, causing them to pay hefty fines or go to court. May 07, 2021 •  bill that would penalize companies that misuse such tech via hefty fines and sanctions enforced by the state attorney general’s office. The bill, according to Rep. Dylan Fernandes, would prevent companies from sharing customers’ data...

5 hours ago in Local Photo: WHMP BOSTON (AP) – After an initial surge in vaccinations against COVID-19, the number of people receiving the shots in Massachusetts has been declining for nine days. The state’s day for peak inoculations came April 22, three days after all adults became eligible for the shots on April 19. Vaccine providers say they’re pivoting to a new phase where outreach will become the top priority, with more mobile sites popping up in hard...

By State House News Service While Massachusetts ranks high among the states in terms of residents with health insurance, one in four insured residents here reported forgoing health care that they felt was needed due to cost, according to a new state report. The Center for Health Information and Analysis also said that 52 percent of insured residents with an unmet need due to cost considerations reported that the care they required was not covered by their health plan. And in a pai...

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While Massachusetts has entered Phase Two of the COVID vaccination distribution plan, less than one-quarter of Bay State residents report receiving the potentially life-saving injection and more than 20% probably or definitely will not get the vaccine, according to a new University of Massachusetts Amherst / WCVB poll.

The rating agency called the commonwealth's proposed rainy day fund withdrawal moderate.

While Massachusetts has struggled in its coronavirus vaccine rollout, hospitals have led the way. But that changed Thursday. Beth Israel Lahey Health, Mass...

February 11, 2021 While Massachusetts businesses and cultural institutions remain partially open amid reopening rollbacks, many residents are continuing to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic amid new orders and advisories from Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. With that in mind, this week’s BosTen offers a mix of in-person and virtual things to do this weekend. Have an idea about what we should cover? Leave us a comment on this article or in the BosTen Facebook group,...