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Updated: 1:42 PM EST Feb 28, 2021 A young woman is dead after she was struck and killed on a Massachusetts highway when she exited her friend's vehicle, according to state police.State police say the Medford Barracks received a report at 12:01 a.m. Sunday of a body on Interstate 93 north in Medford, prior to Exit 32.Responding state police troopers and emergency medical services personnel found the victim, a 22-year-old woman, and pronounced her dead at the scene.Investigators believe that the victim was a passenger in a friend's vehicle that was traveling on I-93 when she exited th...

Massachusetts woman celebrates 110th birthday Share Updated: 1:29 PM EST Feb 28, 2021 Massachusetts woman celebrates 110th birthday Share Updated: 1:29 PM EST Feb 28, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOR SURE. BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU THIS MORNING, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT A SPECIAL LADY. I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HERLDA SENHOUSE. SHE IS 110 TODAY. SHE IS WELLELSEY’S OLDEST RESIDENT, SHARP AS A TACK. YOU’LL REMEMBER HER FROM OUR BLACK HISTORY AND HOPE REPORT THAT I DID INCLUDING MY DAUGHTER RHYLEE. THAT WAS HER FIRST SELFIE BY THE WAY. ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed in part by researchers at a Boston hospital.The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the first single-dose vaccine to be approved by the FDA and becomes the third vaccine to be granted emergency use authorization, following Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines.Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is among the local researchers who were instrumental in the development of the J&J vaccine."...

Updated: 8:31 PM EST Feb 23, 2021 Karen Anderson David Hurlburt 5 Investigates is looking into how many COVID-19 vaccine doses have been thrown away in Massachusetts as people continue to struggle to book vaccination appointments.Facilities and sites that administer the vaccines are required to report information on "waste" to the state, which is when those sites have to throw out doses of vaccine for one reason or another. 5 Investigates found that 1,204 doses of the vaccine had gone to waste in Massachusetts as of Monday. That number represents j...

South Shore Health's Dr. Simone Wildes says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will significantly reduce hospitalizations and death.