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A new site in Jamaica Plain increases citywide COVID-19 testing capacity following Thanksgiving.
Health officials have advised that traditional Thanksgiving gatherings with family and friends can increase the chances of getting or spreading COVID-19.
Since our launch in May, our mobile testing teams have administered 13,795 tests across Roxbury, Allston, South Boston, Mattapan, East Boston, and Dorchester.
"Get The Test Boston" to encourage individuals and businesses to commit to increasing testing
The second mobile site, in partnership with Whittier Street Health Center, will be at Nubian Square in Roxbury.
The City of Boston is offering flu vaccine vouchers for the uninsured and underinsured.
To help with the return to in-person learning this fall, the Red Sox, with support from Major League Baseball (MLB), have partnered with the City of Boston and the Boston Public Health Commission to...
The mobile testing team has previously been in Roxbury, Allston, South Boston, Mattapan, and East Boston, ordering 10,874 COVID-19 tests in total.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh is inviting residents to join him for a series of virtual events marking September as Recovery Month, a national observance that aims to combat the social stigma around addiction...
Testing is in partnership with East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.
The site is in partnership with the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
For the next three days, the temperature will reach the high 80s and low 90s.
Update: due to inclement weather, this pop-up testing site will now be opening on Wednesday, August 5 at 2:00 p.m.
The 10-day pop-up site is in partnership with the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.
Cooling centers will be open on Sunday and Monday in accordance with COVID-19 safety guidance.
With COVID-19 closing and limiting many physical locations, we put together a list of online resources for recovery support groups.
Residents who have recently participated in large gatherings are encouraged to get tested.
About 1 in 10 residents in this study have developed antibodies and approximately 1 in 40 currently asymptomatic individuals are positive for COVID-19 and potentially infectious.
The state now mandates all residents wear a face covering when in public and unable to practice social distancing.
In this next phase of testing expansion, the City is aiming to reach an average of at least 1,500 diagnostic tests per day to residents.
About 1,000 residents in the City of Boston will be invited to participate in a study to evaluate community exposure to COVID-19.
The City of Boston has secured an additional 1,000 tests, which will allow public health officials to test all clients in Boston's shelter system over the next two weeks
The City is partnering with community health centers to increase access to testing.
Tomorrow at noon, the City will deploy seven Boston Public Works trucks with sound equipment to broadcast a message about COVID-19: stay home as much as you can, wash your hands often, cover your face...
Effective May 29, 2021: The mask order in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been rescinded.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced strict new measures for social and physical distancing for residents in the City of Boston, in an effort to curb the anticipated peak of COVID-19 in the coming...
After the declaration of a public health emergency, Mayor Walsh also shared updates and announced new regulations for restaurants, bars and clubs.
The City of Boston cases include one confirmed and eight presumptive positive cases.
The first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in Massachusetts has been confirmed in a man returning from Wuhan, China, who is in his 20s and lives in Boston.
Two cases of young children diagnosed with meningococcal disease
