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WORCESTER, MA - 11/25/2020: Individual hospital style beds are lined up in a corridor with curtains. New temporary hospital being set up at the DCU Center in Worcester during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic for a second time within a year. More beds will be sent in if needed during the pandemic. The center has it own bathrooms and laundry inside the building. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Local health care leaders worry about post-Thanksgiving coronavirus outlook

COVID-19 tests from Mass General employees wait to be processed at Massachusetts General Hospital on Nov. 12.

These are the 81 Mass. communities at highest risk for COVID-19 infection

Obese Americans could be prioritized for coronavirus vaccine

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Lawmakers unveil police reform compromise after months of secret negotiations November 30, 2020 | 11:54 PM

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday Nov. 6, 2020, mink look out from a pen on a farm near Naestved, Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has appointed Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, a new agriculture minister, after Mogens Jensen resigned after the government ordered the culling of all Danish mink because of the coronavirus, but without having the necessary legislation in place first.(Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fourth U.S. state confirms mink farm coronavirus outbreaks November 30, 2020 | 11:34 PM

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Trump raises more than 150 million appealing to false election claims November 30, 2020 | 11:24 PM

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2 pedestrians stuck on Comm. Ave., 1 in critical condition November 30, 2020 | 10:51 PM

Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Watch: Dr. Fauci talks vaccines, holiday safety in hourlong interview with Mark Zuckerberg November 30, 2020 | 9:53 PM

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COVID IN SCHOOLS

Rapid COVID tests are rolling out to Mass. schools. Here's what to know. November 30, 2020 | 9:43 PM

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Palm tree helps Miami toddler survive 4-story fall from apartment November 30, 2020 | 9:20 PM

Trump science adviser Scott Atlas leaving White House job November 30, 2020 | 8:19 PM

Tens of thousands of Mass. residents without power November 30, 2020 | 7:48 PM

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2018, file photo, an employee stocks cannabis at a store shortly before its first day of recreational marijuana sales in San Francisco. California has endorsed a rule that will allow home marijuana deliveries statewide, even into communities that have banned commercial pot sales. The rule finalized Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, by state officials was opposed by police chiefs and other critics who say it will create an unruly market of largely hidden pot transactions and encourage potential criminal activity. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Massachusetts approves new marijuana delivery rules, as dispensaries threaten lawsuit November 30, 2020 | 7:42 PM

The headquarters of the drugmaker Moderna in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 19, 2020. Moderna said it would apply on Monday to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.

Moderna applies for emergency FDA approval for its coronavirus vaccine November 30, 2020 | 6:43 PM

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Beacon Hill goes green: Pilot program looks to swap gas lights for LEDs November 30, 2020 | 6:01 PM

Mattapoisett 18-year-old charged with murder after allegedly shooting two people in New Bedford November 30, 2020 | 5:38 PM

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Rachael Rollins says Sean Ellis's case 'is not over' following release of Netflix documentary November 30, 2020 | 5:36 PM

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Woman who drowned in Gloucester ID'd; foul play not suspected November 30, 2020 | 5:24 PM

Burlington 11/25/20 Northeastern Univ has it's own lab to test their students for COVID-19 at a facility off campus in Burlington. Each NU student is tested every three days and the samples are sent to this facility where the results are ready in 14-17 hours. Jared Auclair, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Professional Programs and Graduate Affairs at NU holds a swab and container that comprise the PCR anterior nares test that the students are using and the lab is processing. The swab is swirled inside the nostril for 15 seconds and put into the container when the tests are done at the NU campus. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (business)

Mass. reports 1,166 new COVID-19 cases, 25 new deaths November 30, 2020 | 5:07 PM

Neera Tanden, president and chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. The conference brings together leaders in business, government, technology, philanthropy, academia, and the media to discuss actionable and collaborative solutions to some of the most important questions of our time.

Elizabeth Warren voices support for Bedford native nominated by Biden to run budget office November 30, 2020 | 4:45 PM

Rhode Island sends alert: 'Hospitals at capacity due to COVID' November 30, 2020 | 11:08 AM

Socks the cat in the White House briefing room in 1994.

Once again, a cat is set to join the ranks of presidential pets November 30, 2020 | 10:48 AM

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testified on Capitol Hill in Washington this past May.

Trump lashes out as former top DHS official reasserts that election was 'secure' November 30, 2020 | 9:51 AM

Teacher Rita Barry, left, greets third grader Lotus O'Gorman, 8, right, for the first day of school at the Lincoln-Hancock Community School in Quincy this past September.

HYBRID LEARNING

Teaching in the pandemic: ‘This is not sustainable’ November 30, 2020 | 9:41 AM

FILE - This Nov. 18, 2020, file photo provided by the Utah Department of Public Safety shows a metal monolith in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah. The mysterious silver monolith that was placed in the Utah desert has disappeared less than 10 days after it was spotted by wildlife biologists performing a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep, federal officials and witnesses said. The Bureau of Land Management said it had received credible reports that the three-sided stainless steel structure was removed on Nov. 27. (Utah Department of Public Safety via AP, File)

Mysterious silver monolith disappears from Utah desert November 30, 2020 | 9:24 AM

Supporters of President Donald Trump protest at City Hall In Phoenix on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Fraud Allegations

Most Republicans say they doubt the election. How many really mean it? November 30, 2020 | 9:20 AM

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Woman pulled from water in Gloucester dies November 30, 2020 | 8:26 AM

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COVID-19 VACCINE

Cambridge's Moderna asking U.S., European regulators to OK its virus shots November 30, 2020 | 7:48 AM

Beware of COVID-19 scams as vaccine approaches FDA approval November 30, 2020 | 6:06 AM

Endangered turtles from New England Aquarium find shelter in Tennessee November 29, 2020 | 11:36 PM

Seen trough the haze of a light fog the moon rises over Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020.

Watch the lunar eclipse, or at least try to November 29, 2020 | 8:31 PM

Officials warn against using phone maps while hiking after Mass. pair gets lost, rescued in N.H. November 29, 2020 | 6:54 PM

President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointments at the Queen Theatre on November 24, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team November 29, 2020 | 5:58 PM