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Dr. Rachel Walensky, 51, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is expected to become CDC director.

New CDC director: Don't expect normalcy in U.S. after 100 days of vaccine

Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Samantha Schuko, RN draws up a dose of the Moderna vaccine during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

UMass Medical seeking teens for Moderna vaccine trial

Charlestown, MA--1/25/21-- Genesis Pinto, RN BSN administers a COVID-19 test to a patient at a NEW Health COVID-19 testing site in Charlestown. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Mass. reports 3,022 new COVID-19 cases, 83 new deaths

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Cambridge-01/22/2021A youngster gets a nasal pcr COVID test in the lobby of the Cambridge Innovation Center which recently launched a subsidiary called CIC Health which manages the vaccination site at Gillette Stadium. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (business)

These 222 Mass. communities are in the ‘red zone’ for COVID-19 risk

FILE -- Testing for the coronavirus, at a drive-thru site outside Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., on Aug. 17, 2020. Six months into the pandemic and with no coherent national testing strategy, the Trump administration is encouraging private development of an array of faster and cheaper techniques. (Christopher Smith/The New York Times)

Here’s the latest individual Mass. city and town coronavirus data

Charts: Tracking the number of coronavirus cases in every Massachusetts county

A medical worker wearing protective equipment uses a swab to do a PCR test for Covid-19 on a woman wearing a face mask in front of the city hall of Paris on August 31, 2020. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is dying from the coronavirus in Massachusetts?

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Maps: Here's where coronavirus cases are reported in Massachusetts

Lisa Porter sorts through a box of cookware. Volunteers at Welcome Home, Inc. receive and sort donations at Trinity Church in Newton Center, and then provide the household items to those in need.

How to find help and access resources if you're impacted by the coronavirus

Foxborough-01/27/2021 People waited in a short line for their appointment times to get their COVOD vaccine shot inside the Putnam Club at Gillette Stadium Wednesday morning. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

'My office has heard from dozens of frustrated constituents, and I expect that is only the tip of the iceberg' January 27, 2021 | 2:15 PM

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker delivers his televised State of the Commonwealth address from his ceremonial Statehouse office on Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, 2021, in Boston. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Read the reactions to Charlie Baker's 2021 State of the Commonwealth address January 27, 2021 | 11:44 AM

Virus will kill many more, WH projects as briefings resume January 27, 2021 | 12:16 AM

Biden to reopen 'Obamacare' markets for COVID-19 relief January 26, 2021 | 11:18 PM

BOSTON, MA - 1/26/2021 Governor Charlie Baker delivers his televised State of The Commonwealth Address from his ceremonial State House office on Tuesday evening. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

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Charlie Baker ended his State of the Commonwealth speech with an unexpected TV reference January 26, 2021 | 9:09 PM

Governor Charlie Baker delivers his State of The Commonwealth Address from his ceremonial State House office on Tuesday evening.

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Baker: Despite pandemic trauma, Massachusetts remains strong January 26, 2021 | 8:47 PM

BOSTON, MA. - January 8: Wearing a mask, Governor Charlie Baker stands at his media availability at the State House on January 8, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Matt Stone/Pool

Watch — or read — Charlie Baker's 2021 State of the Commonwealth address January 26, 2021 | 6:36 PM

FOXBORO, MA - 1/21/2021: -22coronamain - A line outside the Gillette Stadium Mass Vaccination Site waiting for the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Readers Weigh In

Let us know: What are your COVID-19 vaccine questions and concerns? January 26, 2021 | 5:56 PM

BOSTON, MA - 12/07/2020: 08walshcuts --The MBTA South Station in the weekday morning during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Monday blasted proposed service cuts to the MBTA, asserting during a news conference that the measures would harm the most vulnerable city residents and cut hundreds of jobs. Let's take a look at t commuters (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

'This is a real and present danger': COVID-19 infections at MBTA reach record high January 26, 2021 | 5:13 PM

Charlestown, MA--1/25/21-- Medical Assistant Suleika Nunez wipes down a window after administering a COVID-19 test at the NEW Health COVID-19 testing site in Charlestown. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Mass. reports 2,215 new COVID-19 cases, 41 new deaths January 26, 2021 | 5:02 PM

Watch: Biden administration to boost vaccine supply amid shortages January 26, 2021 | 4:35 PM

Vaccine timeline

'It’s like the Hunger Games': Teachers' unions upset by move down in vaccine timeline January 26, 2021 | 2:41 PM

Boston, MA - 10/28/20 - A woman walks past the Boston Marathon Finish Line on Boylston Street after the Boston Athletic Association announced that the Marathon will be postponed until at least fall of 2021. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston Marathon announces tentative fall 2021 date January 26, 2021 | 1:51 PM

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Here's what can reopen in Boston on Monday January 26, 2021 | 12:43 PM

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC

Here's what Anthony Fauci said about the vaccine rollout in Massachusetts January 26, 2021 | 11:10 AM

Mayor Marty Walsh speaks as he gives his daily Covid update for the city of Boston on Jan. 14.

Boston will move forward in COVID reopening plan next week January 26, 2021 | 10:46 AM

Boston, MA. - January 25: Governor Charlie Baker speaks to the media on the COVID-19 pandemic at the State House on January 25, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/ Pool)

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3 reasons why the Mass. coronavirus vaccine rollout has gone so slowly January 25, 2021 | 8:49 PM

Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand outside one of the temporary wards dedicated to the treatment of possible COVID-19 coronavirus patients at the Nasrec Field Hospital in Soweto, on January 25, 2021. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)

Moderna developing new form of its vaccine to fight against South Africa virus variant January 25, 2021 | 8:15 PM

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ROLLOUT CONCERNS

Vaccine deliveries to Mass. towns will be capped through February as state lags behind on rollout January 25, 2021 | 7:01 PM

Janet Yellen speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.

Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary January 25, 2021 | 6:31 PM

Intensive care unit nurse Heidi Kukla is injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside the Elliot Hospital, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Manchester, N.H.

New Hampshire bans vaccines for out-of-state homeowners January 25, 2021 | 5:36 PM

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Tom Brady's parents had COVID-19 at the start of 2020 NFL season January 25, 2021 | 5:27 PM

Charlestown, MA--1/25/21-- Medical Assistant Suleika Nunez administers a COVID-19 test to a patient at the NEW Health COVID-19 testing site in Charlestown. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Mass. reports 3,477 new COVID-19 cases, 45 new deaths January 25, 2021 | 5:01 PM

A man speaks with a nurse before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Gillette Stadium on January 15, 2021 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Massachusetts announces 3 new mass vaccination sites, as officials prepare for Phase 2 January 25, 2021 | 4:43 PM

Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Nicole Burgett-Yandow, of Tewksbury a nurse practitioner at Urgent Care rolled up her sleeve for the vaccination during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

If you're 75 or older, you can sign up for the vaccine beginning today January 25, 2021 | 1:33 PM

'There is zero justification for states not vaccinating around the clock' January 25, 2021 | 12:31 PM

white House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listen as President Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 20. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.`

Deborah Birx said Trump was being given 'parallel data' on COVID-19 January 25, 2021 | 9:41 AM

Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa January 25, 2021 | 9:38 AM

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COVID RESTRICTIONS

Some virus-control restrictions relaxed in Mass. as of Monday January 25, 2021 | 9:37 AM

A nurse draws the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine from a vial at the Sant Joan de deu Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. The European Union may secure an extra 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Moderna as the bloc seeks to accelerate inoculations, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg

Moderna vaccine

Moderna vaccine protects against British and South African variants, company says January 25, 2021 | 9:29 AM