Month: March 2021

1,410 new COVID-19 cases, 42 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts Updated: 6:23 PM EST Mar 4, 2021 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,410 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 554,630 since the start of the pandemic. State health officials also added 42 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state's total, which is now 15,967. Thursday's daily COVID-19 report was delayed due to a technical issue with the interactive dashboard, according to the DPH.As of Thursday, a total of 2,399,100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to the state, of which 1,931,280 -- or 80.5% -- hav...

MORRIS, Ill. – A family is grieving a loss as painful as it is surprising. They attribute the loss of father Ben Price,48, to a rare and little understood phenomenon called “COVID psychosis.” The married father of two was a farmer and business owner in Morris. In February, he contracted COVID-19 after riding in a car with others to Bible study. “He would have never left us,” widow Jennifer Price said. “Our Ben would never have left us. And that’s what we want to get out. He was not our Ben.” Jennifer said her husband was hospitalized for four days with lung and oxygen issues. He came home a different man. “He would just pace through the house and repeat things. And it wasn’t even in his normal tone of voice. It was very different tone. He was very scared....

Ghana is the first country to receive a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global COVAX program. Above: The vaccines are unloaded at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on February 24. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images Ghana is the first country to receive a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global COVAX program. Above: The vaccines are unloaded at the Kotoka International A...

The vaccine clinic at the Farmington Civic Center will be set up similar to one being held at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. It will not be a walk-in clinic. (Photo via Parkland Health Center) Provided by Parkland Health Center Update...