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By CHRIS LISINSKI

Some of the last vestiges of the COVID-19 emergency declaration will end in May when Gov. Maura Healey will lift the modified public health emergency and walk back a vaccine mandate for tens of thousands of executive branch workers.The Healey...

Local health officials are collaborating with state-funded mobile vaccination operations to offer flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the coming month.“As a public health nurse, I am urging everyone to come out to one of our vaccination clinics,”...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The municipalities of Greenfield, Deerfield, Sunderland and Montague are experiencing the largest COVID-19 outbreak the region has seen since January, according to epidemiologist Jack Sullivan.Increased COVID-19 detection in wastewater samples,...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Four years after reports of veterans’ deaths at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke began to grow in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the legal cases against the home’s former superintendent and medical director came to an end at a...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering loosening isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19, meaning they would no longer have to stay at home for at least five days when infected with the virus.Under the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

For the first time since the beginning of December, the COVID-19 transmission risk for the four communities in the Contact Tracing Collaborative — Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland — has decreased from “high” to “moderate.” Wastewater...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As it has been for all of January, the COVID-19 transmission risk for the four communities in the Contact Tracing Collaborative — Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland — remains “high.” Last week’s wastewater testing results showed there were...

By MARY BYRNE

Wastewater testing results across the four municipalities in the Contact Tracing Collaborative — which includes Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland — have increased nearly four-fold compared to the last several samples, according to...

By EMILEE KLEIN

Before the pandemic, Dr. David Alpern, like many health care workers at the time, didn’t think twice about going to work with a runny nose or cough.But since symptoms of COVID-19 are indistinguishable from the common cold, the retired Cooley Dickinson...

By MARY BYRNE

For the second consecutive week, the COVID-19 transmission risk remains “high” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland.Wastewater testing results remained...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — With peak season for respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 approaching, the Department of Public Health has launched a refreshed dashboard to track trends and provide the public with helpful information focused on COVID-19,...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The COVID-19 transmission risk has increased from “moderate” to “high” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland.Wastewater testing results...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Franklin County’s public health nurses are encouraging residents to sign up early for the COVID-19 and flu clinics being held in schools, senior centers and town halls throughout October and November.“Sign up right away,” said Megan Tudryn, public...

By MARY BYRNE

The COVID-19 transmission risk has decreased from “high” to “moderate” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland.The collaborative is reporting eight active...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

GREENFIELD — Cases of COVID-19 have been on the rise throughout the Pioneer Valley over the past month, although not to the extent that they were a year ago, according to health officials. In Greenfield, the transmission risk level remains “high” for...

By MARY BYRNE

The COVID-19 transmission risk has increased from “moderate” to “high” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland.The collaborative is reporting seven active...

By MARY BYRNE

For the first time in months, the COVID-19 transmission risk has increased from “low” to “moderate” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland.People with an...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A mandate for students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is ending.“Effective July 1, 2023, the university will no longer require faculty, staff and students to receive a COVID-19...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.After several weeks at a “moderate” risk level, the COVID-19 transmission risk has dropped...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.The COVID-19 transmission risk remains “moderate” in the four communities involved in the...

By MARY BYRNE

While the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic has waned for many since the disease first took hold of the world three years ago, its grasp remains strong for those dealing with the lingering effects of the virus.Three years ago on March 15, then-Gov....