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BOSTON MA. - SEPTEMBER 17: Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker speaks to the media after receiving a flu shot at a CVS in Roslindale on September 17, 2020 in Boston, MA. (Stuart Cahill/Pool)

Charlie Baker underscores flu shot requirement for students amid COVID-19

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

The positive test rate for COVID-19 has stayed low in Mass. for weeks. Here's what that means.

Details begin to emerge as 22-year-old woman charged in deadly Quincy stabbing

A Black Lives Matter march in Kirkwood, Mo., a St. Louis suburb, on June 6, 2020.

Despite Trump's warnings, women in suburbia don’t seem too worried about its destruction September 18, 2020 | 12:24 PM

Scene of Hyde Park fatal crash

Car severed in half in fatal Hyde Park crash September 18, 2020 | 12:17 PM

A Mass. man's Trump sign kept getting stolen. Then he had a shocking idea. September 18, 2020 | 12:03 PM

Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff

Nantucket officials say COVID-19 numbers are ‘trending in the right direction’ after Labor Day spike September 18, 2020 | 11:52 AM

The exterior of the Westin Copley Place. The hotel now houses hundreds of students from Northeastern University.

Northeastern lessens punishment for 11 students dismissed for breaking COVID-19 rules September 18, 2020 | 11:41 AM

Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe

'We need more leaders like Susan': Charlie Baker backs Collins in Maine Senate race September 18, 2020 | 11:02 AM

A helicopter drops water as firefighters battle the El Dorado Fire in Angelus Oaks, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. The wildfires raging on the West Coast became an all but inescapable crisis around the country on Tuesday, with at least 27 people dead in three states, fires and evacuations starting in Idaho, milky smoke clouding the skies over Michigan and haze reaching as far as New York City. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times)

Firefighter dies in blaze sparked by gender-reveal celebration September 18, 2020 | 10:51 AM

Tourists visit the pool outside of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

The Falwells, the pool attendant, and the double life that brought them all down September 18, 2020 | 10:42 AM

Providence College

Over 80 Providence College students test positive for COVID-19 in 2 days September 18, 2020 | 10:18 AM

Fire at 24 Fairmount St., Dorchester

Massive 4-alarm Dorchester fire displaces 19 people September 18, 2020 | 9:45 AM

Trump administration bans WeChat, TikTok citing national security September 18, 2020 | 9:08 AM

Candlelight Christian Fellowship

A 'no-masker' pastor prayed against a mask mandate. He's now in intensive care for COVID-19. September 18, 2020 | 8:57 AM

Attleboro HIgh School, where a student showed up for school testing positive for COVID.

A Massachusetts teenager tested positive for COVID-19. His parents sent him to school anyway. September 18, 2020 | 8:39 AM

Children trick or treat in Williamstown, Mass. last year.

POLL RESULTS: Cancel trick-or-treating? Boston.com readers are split on the scary subject September 18, 2020 | 5:00 AM

1 killed, 1 critically injured in shooting in Charlestown September 17, 2020 | 10:19 PM

Report: Much needs doing to shield nursing homes from virus September 17, 2020 | 6:18 PM

Christopher Muther

Northeastern lets suspension of 11 first-year students stand, but credits tuition September 17, 2020 | 6:15 PM

Police shoot dog that was attacking 2 people, other dog September 17, 2020 | 5:21 PM

Gulf between White House's words, Trump's actions on masks September 17, 2020 | 5:14 PM

Man fatally stabbed at Providence Place mall; 4 in custody September 17, 2020 | 4:49 PM

coronavirus vaccine

When will you be able to get a coronavirus vaccine? September 17, 2020 | 4:17 PM

Galligan Elementary School, Taunton

An older student reportedly exposed himself to a second grade virtual classroom in Taunton September 17, 2020 | 4:15 PM

A photo provided by Matt Monath Photography shows workers at a coronavirus testing lab run by Opentrons, a small robotics firm, in New York. After months of complaints about testing delays, New York City officials on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2020, are set to announce that they have opened a lab in Manhattan that should significantly cut down on wait times as the city prepares for its most ambitious period of reopenings, with public school classes and indoor dining scheduled to begin this month. (Matt Monath Photography via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED NY VIRUS TESTING BY JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN FOR SEPT. 16, 2020. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --

Mass. reports 15 new COVID-19 deaths, 419 new cases September 17, 2020 | 4:04 PM

3 Mass. districts delay in-person learning due to lack of air purifiers, new positive COVID-19 case September 17, 2020 | 4:02 PM

BOSTON, MA - 01/20/2020 Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is applauded by Governor Charlie Baker during a panel conversation at the annual MLK Memorial Breakfast Committee, the nations longest-running event honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event hosted an audience of over 1,350 guests including business, civic, community and religious leaders. Erin Clark / Globe Staff

Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark urge Charlie Baker in letter to address racial disparities in school discipline September 17, 2020 | 2:43 PM

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask exits Harvard Yard on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge.

The state is now sharing COVID-19 data for colleges. Here's what it shows. September 17, 2020 | 2:18 PM

Gravestones at Lawrence cemetery vandalized, including that of Merrimack Valley explosions victim September 17, 2020 | 2:02 PM

Dr. Ashish Jha spoke with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America Thursday.

As Trump disputes CDC director's vaccine timeline, Dr. Ashish Jha says to listen to the doctors September 17, 2020 | 1:44 PM

These North Shore students jumped into action when the pandemic hit—now their initiatives are thriving September 17, 2020 | 1:17 PM

Chelsea police say over two dozen rounds fired on street corner September 17, 2020 | 12:38 PM