Coronavirus
I Hate Cars, but Thanks to COVID I’m Buying One
I have a confession to make: I’m buying a car. When I moved into Boston proper five years ago, my wife and I couldn’t have […]
Best of Boston 2020: The COVID-19 Heroes Edition
Jump to: Abhishek Gupta Leonard Lee Jerome Crowley Declan Houton Sheila Kennedy and J. Frano Violich Ieasha James Abhishek Gupta Grocer, Kurkman’s Market Most people […]
Crowdfunding Can Save Boston’s Beloved Businesses—Until It Can’t
It was like something out of an inspiring movie: Historic Allston rock club Great Scott, like so many small businesses during the pandemic, was out […]
Would You Take Weekly COVID Tests to Go to College?
Just picture it: You’re a bright-eyed college freshman, showing up at one of the Boston area’s elite academic institutions and enjoying the enormous boost at […]
Moderna Therapeutics’ COVID-19 Vaccine Is Ready for the Final Testing Phase
Since early January, Moderna Therapeutics has been racing at breakneck speed toward a coronavirus vaccine—and Tuesday, a study published in the peer-reviewed New England Journal […]
Lamont Price: Losing Live Comedy Wasn’t Just about the Jokes
March 7. That was the last time I performed live standup comedy, before the Dark Times began. It was a Saturday night, which is the […]
The Pandemic Could Result in a Surge of HIV Infections in Boston
The spinoff public health crises that will arise from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown are likely to reverberate for generations, but an immediate and […]
After COVID-19 Postponed Their Wedding, This Fun-Loving Couple Said “I Do” on the Boston Harbor
When Sarah Kaiser and Sam Parker got engaged in March of 2019, the Marblehead-based pair began planning their dream wedding: a backyard celebration at the […]
Boston Sports Clubs Is Having Yet Another Wave of Issues With Members
Members at Boston Sports Clubs across the city are resurfacing with yet more beef with the gym chain that just refuses to show a little […]
The Coming Eviction Crisis Will Be Worse Than You Think
When Gov. Charlie Baker signed the statewide eviction and foreclosure moratorium in late April, it was an approval with an asterisk: The freeze would lift […]
Facing Very Tight Restrictions, Gym Owners Weigh In on Their Reopening Plans
It’s been a hell of a ride for gym and fitness studio owners in and around Boston during the past four months as they navigated […]
Why Is Baker Worrying about Those (Clearly Fake) “COVID-19 Parties”?
Gov. Charlie Baker has earned plaudits for effectively communicating the gravity of the situation we’re living through, and unlike so many of his fellow Republican […]
The Interview: Author Robin Cook
Author of best-selling medical thrillers such as Pandemic, Outbreak, and Contagion (along with 34 other titles), Robin Cook’s works have often addressed the question of […]
The Bostonians Giving Us Hope for the Future
Jump to: The Connector The Provider The Volunteer The Organizers The Connector Mark Racine Chief Information Officer, Boston Public Schools On the morning of Saturday, […]
Hundreds of Massachusetts COVID-19 Contact Tracers Are Getting Laid Off
It was the program that put Massachusetts’ coronavirus response on the map. In April, the state launched its ambitious, $44 million contact-tracing program, the first […]