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Hanna Griffiths in a photo with her husband, Stephen, and their son, Keegan.

'It’s unlike any illness I’ve ever experienced'

Adam Glanzman

New CDC data shows danger of coronavirus for those with certain chronic conditions

Springfield, MA., 04/18/13, Smith and Wesson is part of the Globe 100 series. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Charlie Baker adds gun industry to list of essential businesses in Massachusetts

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II performs a spacewalk a few meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984.

THE FINAL FRONTIER

NASA call for astronauts draws 12,000 spaceflight hopefuls April 1, 2020 | 1:30 PM

Elizabeth Warren and Seth Meyers.

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren tells Seth Meyers she had a plan for the COVID-19 pandemic April 1, 2020 | 1:13 PM

Tourists brought prosperity to an Idaho ski valley. They also brought COVID-19. April 1, 2020 | 1:05 PM

Medical assistant Eileen Monagle works in a personal protective equipment distribution area at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on March 25, 2020.

It may be time to make your own face mask April 1, 2020 | 12:30 PM

Obamacare markets will not reopen, complicating process for unemployed to get health insurance April 1, 2020 | 12:21 PM

Holyoke, MA - 3/31/20 - A truck with an American Flag on the back window is seen in the parking lot of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Reporter: Brian MacQuarrie

Charlie Baker opens investigation into the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home April 1, 2020 | 12:14 PM

A woman has her temperature taken at a control point on a covered footbridge to be screened for coronavirus symptoms before entering the Dell Deton Medical Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Austin is under Stay-at-Home orders to help battle the effects of COVID-19.

These spring breakers ignored public health warnings. Now 28 of them have coronavirus. April 1, 2020 | 12:00 PM

He was exposed to the coronavirus, but his wife was giving birth. So he went to the hospital anyway. April 1, 2020 | 11:55 AM

CORONAVIRUS & THE T

Can you get a refund on your MBTA pass during the COVID-19 pandemic? April 1, 2020 | 11:47 AM

Immigration officials tried to assist tourists on Monday in Phuket, Thailand, who were stranded and seeking to extend their visas.

Why Asia’s new coronavirus controls should worry the world April 1, 2020 | 10:48 AM

Screenshot of nurses in an ICU at MGH.

'I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared' April 1, 2020 | 10:26 AM

SPRINGFIELD ATTEMPTED SHOOTING

Attempted shooting on I-91 north in Springfield spurs investigation, closes highway April 1, 2020 | 9:49 AM

Who are the voters behind Donald Trump's higher approval rating? April 1, 2020 | 9:30 AM

Operation Varsity Blues

Mother sentenced to 7 months in college admissions scam will remain free until outbreak subsides April 1, 2020 | 9:24 AM

In this June 24, 2019 file photo, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, the driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a highway in rural Randolph, N.H., that killed seven motorcyclists, stands with his attorney Donald Frank during a hearing in Springfield District Court.

Defense lawyer says biker was at fault in June crash that killed seven motorcyclists April 1, 2020 | 9:21 AM

'We knew this was something we could do to respond.' April 1, 2020 | 5:00 AM

Fitchburg, MA--6/18/2018-- Revolutionary Clinics CMO Tomo Schneider (L) and CEO Keith Cooper pose for a portrait inside a flowering room at Revolutionary Clinics marijuana cultivation facility. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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Marijuana companies are making hand sanitizer to donate to local hospitals April 1, 2020 | 5:00 AM

A patient being wheeled into Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York. The CDC director said on Tuesday that as many as 25 percent of people infected with the coronavirus may not show symptoms.

Infected but feeling fine: The unwitting coronavirus spreaders March 31, 2020 | 9:45 PM

‘Tiger King’

‘Tiger King’: What happened to Carole Baskin’s husband, Don Lewis? March 31, 2020 | 9:24 PM

Laura Gabaroni and her husband Juan Huergo take a selfie on board a tender after they were evacuated from the Zaandam, a Holland American cruise ship, near the Panama Canal.

Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships March 31, 2020 | 9:21 PM

Jabin Botsford

Media members skip Trump briefings because of little news, health risks March 31, 2020 | 8:30 PM

In this April 10, 2018, file photo, a U.S. Navy crewman monitors on the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in international waters off South China Sea.

U.S. warship captain seeks crew isolation as virus spreads March 31, 2020 | 7:48 PM

US President Donald Trump looks on during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on March 31, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus deaths

White House projects 100,000-240,000 U.S. deaths from the coronavirus March 31, 2020 | 6:21 PM

The Bourne Bridge to Cape Cod

A petition is calling for closing the bridges to Cape Cod. Only year-round residents and select personnel should be allowed, it says. March 31, 2020 | 5:53 PM

In this March 30, 2020 file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse in New York.

Amazon fires warehouse worker who staged walkout March 31, 2020 | 5:34 PM

Boston, MA., 12/31/2019, US Rep Jo Kennedy III, and Senator Markey before Democratic candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Old South Church on New Year's Eve.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Mass. Democrats move to cancel the party's convention — and endorse Ed Markey March 31, 2020 | 5:29 PM

Holyoke, MA - 3/31/20 - Cleaners enter the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Reporter: Brian MacQuarrie

'We will get to the bottom of what happened and when and by who' March 31, 2020 | 3:23 PM

Boston City Hall Architect Michael McKinnell, at a 50th Anniversary Celebration at Boston City Hall in 2019.

Michael McKinnell

Michael McKinnell, who helped design Boston City Hall, dies of COVID-19 complications March 31, 2020 | 2:53 PM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misfires on virus death rates, tests March 31, 2020 | 2:49 PM

An exterior view of New England Treatment Access in Brookline.

Marijuana businesses and advocates are pushing for 'essential' status in Mass. Here's why. March 31, 2020 | 1:54 PM