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In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19.

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in U.S. poised for final testing

Melissa Leaston of Whittier Street Health Center uses a nasal swab to collect a specimen outside the Catherine Hardaway Residences in Roxbury last week.

Long lines, delayed results, and lacking access: Here's the latest on coronavirus testing in Mass.

City of Boston

City Hall Plaza is getting a makeover. Here's what to know.

John Tlumacki

Jay-Z and Rihanna among those calling for the Department of Justice to reexamine shooting death of Easton’s D.J. Henry July 15, 2020 | 9:05 AM

Mark Scott and Bashier Kayou in September 2019.

Officials are urging Boston residents impacted by violence to contact the city’s trauma team. Here’s what they do. July 15, 2020 | 5:00 AM

Actress Naya Rivera.

Autopsy confirms Naya Rivera's death was accidental drowning July 14, 2020 | 8:53 PM

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York City in 2005.

Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell Is denied bail by judge who calls her a flight risk July 14, 2020 | 8:35 PM

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Justice Ginsburg treated in hospital for possible infection July 14, 2020 | 6:25 PM

A ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield.

Massachusetts sues Uber and Lyft over the status of drivers July 14, 2020 | 6:13 PM

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu.

Governor: New Hampshire won't require schools to reopen July 14, 2020 | 5:36 PM

Jeffrey Farmer of Mendon

'I’ve never been this way about any president': Mendon man shares why he isn't voting for Trump again in now-viral video July 14, 2020 | 5:22 PM

A public health nurse with Contra Costa Health Services wearing personal protective equipment receives a Covid-19 test swab from a patient at a testing site in Concord, California, U.S., on Thursday, July 9, 2020. California, once lauded for its success in tamping down the virus, is dealing with a record surge of cases and hospitalizations. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Mass. reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths, 203 new cases July 14, 2020 | 4:57 PM

180 Horseneck Road, Dartmouth

Man found dead along a Dartmouth road, believed to the victim of a homicide July 14, 2020 | 3:46 PM

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Mass. teachers' unions unveil phased-in school reopening proposals July 14, 2020 | 3:28 PM

Jessica Rinaldi

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students July 14, 2020 | 3:24 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh

Marty Walsh launches pilot program to help residents seal, expunge criminal records July 14, 2020 | 3:17 PM

'Just wait for the purge': Cambridge police union edits, apologizes for post on Senate police reform bill July 14, 2020 | 3:17 PM

Pine Street Inn

Pine Street Inn leases former hotel to help social distancing during coronavirus pandemic July 14, 2020 | 2:20 PM

After a car collided with a Verizon truck, it struck a women walking nearby.

A woman was hit by a driver fleeing police in Back Bay, according to witnesses July 14, 2020 | 1:53 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh spoke with CNN's John King Monday.

Walsh on Trump's pandemic response: He's 'pretty much wrong in every single thing' July 14, 2020 | 12:24 PM

The MythBusters Team, from left: Grant Imahara, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Adam Savage and Tory Belleci in San Francisco, CA, on August 14, 2007.

Grant Imahara, engineer who co-hosted ‘MythBusters,’ dies at 49 July 14, 2020 | 11:58 AM

Harvard Yard sits mostly empty at Harvard University in Cambridge last week. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday, July 13, seeking to block a new rule that would revoke the visas of foreign students who take classes entirely online in the fall.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

At Harvard and beyond, voices of students reflect dire repercussions of new visa rules July 14, 2020 | 11:07 AM

Newlyweds Matt Kalliath and Naomi Wiens with their last minute officiant Mayor Carlo DeMaria.

EMERGENCY OFFICIATOR

Vacationing Everett mayor drafted to officiate wedding on Cape July 14, 2020 | 10:10 AM

Protesters gather at the State House during a Juneteenth protest and demonstration in honor of Rayshard Brooks and other victims of Police Violence in Boston, Massachusetts on June 22, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Massachusetts Senate passes police accountability bill July 14, 2020 | 9:40 AM

A Boston EMS crew wheels in a patient to MGH from their ambulance.

HEALTH INSURANCE

Millions have lost health insurance in pandemic-driven recession July 14, 2020 | 9:24 AM

Matthew Silveira

Missing Beverly man's vehicle found abandoned in Wellfleet July 14, 2020 | 8:55 AM

Judge rules Mary Trump can publicize book about her uncle July 13, 2020 | 9:40 PM

Protesters chant as they march near City Hall, Monday, July 13, 2020, following a news conference held by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, Police Chief Carmen Best, and Fire Chief Harold Scoggins. Durkan and Best were critical of a plan backed by several city council members that seeks to cut the police department's budget by 50 percent.

Seattle mayor, City Council at odds over 50 percent police cut July 13, 2020 | 9:03 PM

In this July 1, 2020, file photo, a bartender mixes a drink while wearing a mask and face shield at Slater's 50/50 in Santa Clarita, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising in the nation's most populated state.

California shuts bars, indoor dining and most gyms, churches July 13, 2020 | 8:26 PM

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York City in 2005.

Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell had ex-British military as security at N.H. estate, prosecutors say July 13, 2020 | 6:38 PM

White House turns on Fauci as Trump minimizes virus spike July 13, 2020 | 6:09 PM

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JULY 13: A health care worker test people for COVID-19 at the COVID test site located in the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot on July 13, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Florida health officials on Sunday reported 15,300 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the state of Florida tries to contain the recent spike in cases. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mass. reports 5 new COVID-19 deaths, 154 new cases July 13, 2020 | 4:03 PM

CAMBRIDGE,,MA - 7/06/2020: Massachusetts phase three during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, today is the first day that gyms can be opened. Paola Santander (cq) of Medford works out at Healthworks in Cambridge. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC:

Let us know: What businesses do you feel safe visiting during Phase 3? July 13, 2020 | 4:02 PM