COVID-19

As the holidays roll on and winter enters its second week, respiratory illnesses are increasing across the country — and the SouthCoast is no exception.

A $75 gift card will be offered to Massachusetts residents who get vaccinated at any of the special clinics being held across the state.

Southcoast Health clinics in Dartmouth, Fall River, and Wareham are now offering the COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines updated for better protection against the Omicron variant of the virus, the health group announced Thursday.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said 'there were times along the way when we in Southeastern Massachusetts kind of got lost in the shuffle a little bit.'

Under pressure from the Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity, Gov. Charlie Baker issued a decision concerning mask mandates for the new school year.

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The Biden Administration warns of the potential for a significant wave of COVID deaths this fall and winter. Meanwhile, New Bedford keeps on testing for COVID.

The Brockton Fair ran for 145 seasons without interruption, but 2022 will mark the third straight year with no fair, presumably due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Bedford residents will be able to get a second round of free, at-home COVID test kits this week, after the city announced the continuation of a distribution program from December.