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Stephanie Stevens gets her nails done at Million Nails as New York City enters Phase 3 of its reopening, July 6, 2020.

Airborne coronavirus: What you should do now

In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness, saw a small but worrisome increase in the summer of 2019.

'EEE is very real. It’s very dangerous.'

Lawrence-05/22/2020- A new 9-lane COVID-19 drive-thru testing center opened in Lawrence at 1 Canal Street as Gov. Charlie Baker spoke there Firday afternoon. Bake wears his mask before speaking. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

A Plymouth nutrition club owner is suing Charlie Baker over his mask mandate

Chief Justice Roberts recently spent a night in a hospital July 7, 2020 | 11:20 PM

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at a discussion, that also included Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, about safely reopening America's schools in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, at the White House.

White House urges schools to reopen in fall July 7, 2020 | 10:16 PM

A transit employee holds a box of masks in the lobby of the Ashmont Red Line station on June 22.

Study: T needs to release a comprehensive reopening plan, or Boston may see more drivers July 7, 2020 | 6:46 PM

A sign announces the closure of the Massachusetts Unemployment Office, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in Boston.

Massachusetts receives 59,000 fraudulent unemployment claims July 7, 2020 | 6:11 PM

A Boston city councilor is seeking to change the city's budget process by amending the charter July 7, 2020 | 6:02 PM

Portsmouth, NH - 06/03/20 - A boat on the Piscataqua River passes beneath Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth. The Piscataqua River Bridge carries traffic on Interstate 95 in the background. Kay Walkingstick, a Native American artist, has made a life's work of painting North American landscapes as a means of reclaiming them for her people. Her newest work, Wabenaki Waters, was painted on New Castle Island, the site of a fortress built to protect colonists in the war of 1812. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Murray Whyte) Topic: ()

Portsmouth mayor resists calls for Trump rally mask requirement July 7, 2020 | 5:40 PM

Sagamore and Bourne Bridges

Memo signed to approve replacing Bourne and Sagamore bridges July 7, 2020 | 5:21 PM

06/24/2015 PLAINVILLE, MA A man continued to play slots after 1am as the crowds dissipated at Plainridge Park Casino (cq) in Plainville. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Massachusetts' three casinos are slowly reopening over the next week July 7, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Boston, MA - 6/30/2020: Nurse practitioner Dianne Valko prepares to collect a specimen from a patient at the NEW Health (North End Waterfront) walk-up COVID-19 testing site in the North End neighborhood of Boston, MA on June 30, 2020. The NEW (North End Waterfront) Health opened the COVID-19 testing site on Tuesday outside the Nazzaro Community Center. Testing will be offered Tuesday and Thursday from 9 AM to noon while in demand. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter:

Mass. reports 15 new COVID-19 deaths, 140 new cases July 7, 2020 | 4:11 PM

Luke Sharrett

Pandemic set to spark biggest retreat for meat eating in decades July 7, 2020 | 3:46 PM

A voter receiving a ballot through mail.

What to know about new emergency voting changes in Massachusetts July 7, 2020 | 3:02 PM

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Maine House Speaker and Senate contender Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, right. Gideon raised more than double what Collins raised during the first quarter of 2020, according to financial disclosure reports.

Hemmed in by the pandemic, Collins battles for survival in Maine July 7, 2020 | 2:49 PM

Deval Patrick speaking at a forum in New Hampshire in Feb. 2020.

'DEFUND THE POLICE'

What Deval Patrick had to say about 'Defund the Police' July 7, 2020 | 1:53 PM

Shykeim Basden

Weymouth man, 19, indicted in superior court after allegedly stomping family dog to death July 7, 2020 | 1:34 PM

Testing for the coronavirus at a drive-through site in Phoenix, Arizona.

A new generation of fast coronavirus tests is coming July 7, 2020 | 1:22 PM

Andre Borges

Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19 July 7, 2020 | 11:56 AM

Trump's worldview forged by neglect and trauma at home, his niece says in new book July 7, 2020 | 11:52 AM

The Mount Auburn Club pool.

The Mount Auburn Club is closing for good July 7, 2020 | 10:21 AM

Dorchester

Authorities: Slain Dorchester woman not the intended target July 7, 2020 | 10:21 AM

A visa stamp on a foreign passport in Los Angeles on June 6, 2020.

FOREIGN STUDENTS

Foreign students must take classes in person to stay in U.S. legally this fall, ICE announces July 7, 2020 | 9:54 AM

Mary O'Malley State Park, Chelsea

Man allegedly stabbed in eye and neck in Chelsea park July 7, 2020 | 9:28 AM

Carsyn Leigh Davis

COVID-19 DEATHS

Report: Teen who died from COVID-19 attended a huge church party, then was given hydroxychloroquine by parents July 7, 2020 | 8:29 AM

COVID-19 data on Medicare's nursing home site is incomplete July 7, 2020 | 12:08 AM

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

Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to N.Y. for Epstein-related sex abuse charges July 6, 2020 | 10:00 PM

The Foxy Lady strip club in Providence.

PawSox, strip club among recipients of coronavirus loans July 6, 2020 | 9:09 PM

Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans July 6, 2020 | 7:14 PM

Ashish Jha

Why a Harvard doctor has worries as Massachusetts enters Phase 3 July 6, 2020 | 6:19 PM

Medical workers administer tests for the coronavirus to people in vehicles, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Boston is offering those who were involved in protests following the killing of George Floyd access to coronavirus testing at the mobil site whether or not they are showing signs of COVID-19. Floyd, who was black, died May 25th after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for air. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mass. reports 15 new COVID-19 deaths, 157 new cases July 6, 2020 | 4:54 PM

President Donald Trump smiles at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2020, near Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Presidential historian: Trump's handling of pandemic 'doesn't make sense to me' July 6, 2020 | 4:28 PM

The proposed Dakota Access pipelin.

DAKOTA PIPELINE

Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review July 6, 2020 | 4:23 PM