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Coronavirus Pandemic
31 and sturdy, until coronavirus hit: Youngest Massachusetts victim to date succumbs
Friends and family aren?t sure where Riley Rumrill contracted the virus.

Despite crisis, they keep on trucking to meet the demands of consumers

US equity futures rise

Stimulus money should begin arriving next week, Mass. delegation says

A critical number that is so hard to pin down: Are Massachusetts hospitals on track to being overwhelmed by coronavirus patients?
It is one of the key indicators of the spread of coronavirus and whether it will overwhelm our health care system: How many people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19? But right now it is impossible for the Massachusetts public to know this number.

Mass. reported 33 new coronavirus-related deaths, 1,118 new cases on Wednesday

US coronavirus deaths surge past 4,600 as officials start to compare struggle with Italy?s outbreak

State officials warned their hospitals might soon run short on needed masks, gowns and ventilators, and Homeland Security officials acknowledged the federal government's emergency stockpile of supplies also was nearly exhausted.
CDC warns that infected people without symptoms may still spread coronavirus

Live Updates
Emmy-winning musician Adam Schlesinger dies from coronavirus
Here are recent updates on what?s happening in New England, the United States, and around the world.

Opinion

Diane Hessan

Trump?s leadership on the coronavirus ? horrendous or outstanding?
EDITORIAL

Renters, homeowners need protection now
Daniel M. Horn and Juliet Jacobsen

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we must have those serious illness conversations
RENÉE GRAHAM

The futility of hate-watching Trump?s coronavirus briefings

His grief mixed with anger, son watches father die at Holyoke Soldiers? Home

Louis Plourde already had received the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church, conducted from afar via social media. Now, waiting in a five-bed room that had been vacated for privacy, an only child grieved, his sorrow laced with anger.
State hires former federal prosecutor to investigate as two more veterans die at Holyoke Soldiers? Home

Joe Biden calls for Democratic convention to be delayed because of coronavirus

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday night called for moving the Democratic National Convention from mid-July to August, making him the most prominent member of his party to say the convention must be rescheduled because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Boston Fed chief warns economic hit from coronavirus could last longer than expected

Interactives

New York?s staggering coronavirus outbreak, in five charts

How overwhelmed could New England hospitals become? Explore maps of different scenarios

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country. Here?s how we got there

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The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

The coronavirus tracker

These maps track the path of coronavirus

Dos and Don'ts

Even amid coronavirus pandemic, your local library is right at your fingertips

How to keep kids connected with friends, even when they?re housebound

Does your mail have to be quarantined?

Tech tools aimed at assessing the likelihood that you have COVID-19

Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; fought coronavirus, son says
Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought by the new coronavirus.

Patriots release quarterback Cody Kessler
That leaves the Patriots with two QBs on the roster: Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer.

David Andrews on blood clots that sidelined him all of 2019: ?I really had no idea how dangerous it was?

Chad Finn
What we miss about Opening Day at Fenway Park
In normal times, Thursday would have been the day for which we waited all winter.

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VC firm Flagship Pioneering raises $1.1b for biotech startups despite reeling economy

What kind of weather will April bring to New England? Here are some predictions

Boston Globe wins Toner Prize for Excellence in National Political Reporting

Coronavirus resources

How the Greater Boston biomedical community is tackling the coronavirus

Some good coronavirus news: genetic detectives are on the case

Mass. insurers to cover full cost of coronavirus testing, treatment

Keeping your hands clean in the time of coronavirus
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HELP DESK

How to look good on Zoom, according to two movie lighting/production experts

Katherine Castro and Joshua Dreyfus, who?ve worked on a bunch of big projects, teach us how to light a room so we look better on camera.

Getting a medical marijuana card is easier than you think
Sure, recreational marijuana shops are closed because of the coronavirus. But medical dispensaries are still open and, as I found out, getting your card is a breeze.

Working from home reveals new, not always flattering side of romantic partners
It's a reality that millions of Americans are facing as they adjust to working from the couch with a new set of colleagues: their beloved family.

Rhode Island

One month in: Rhode Island has 566 residents with COVID-19; 10 people have died

Governor Gina Raimondo says the state government is still scrambling to expand testing, acquire medical supplies, expand hospital capacity, and keep shuttered small businesses from going under.

Rhode Island debuts new COVID-19 test sites; the goal is 1,000 tests a day

One month into the coronavirus crisis, Rhode Island fears a lost summer
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Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

Prayers in Vegas, slumped shoulders in N.H. ? inside the final days of Warren?s campaign

Elizabeth Warren reflected on what was happening in a series of behind-the scenes interviews with the Globe in the final month of her campaign.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Ramp up enforcement of social distancing
Joan Vennochi

Marriage, coronavirus-style
EDITORIAL

Coronavirus stokes fears real and imagined
EDITORIAL

A president unfit for a pandemic
LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

?The strong get stronger?: The coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate some of the most worrisome trends in American life ? unless we take action

VISUAL STORIES

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

Surf?s up in Narragansett: Riders are social distancing themselves on the waves

17 photos of the coronavirus?s effect around the world

Photos: Tom Brady?s 20-year career with the Patriots

metro

Olin College of Engineering selects new president
Gilda Barabino, a biomedical engineering scholar and an administrator at City College in New York, will become the first woman and person of color to lead the private engineering school in Needham.

Grab a beer, and a roll of toilet paper, at Dorchester Brewing Co.

With every to-go order from its M & M BBQ restaurant on Uber Eats, the brewery will provide a free roll of toilet paper to its customers, straight to their doorsteps, for one day.

New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85

Mr. Marsalis, whose family includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, suffered from pneumonia brought on by coronavirus.

Three die in Newton from coronavirus in past week, mayor says

Stimulus money should begin arriving next week, Mass. delegation says

STAT

Coronavirus survives on surfaces up to 72 hours. Here?s how to protect yourself

?It?s been kind of rough?: Seattle ICU nurse shares her experience treating Covid-19 patients

WHO to launch multinational trial to jumpstart search for coronavirus drugs

Will immune therapies for the coronavirus be ready in time?

sports

Golf

British Open expected to be canceled because of coronavirus

The 2020 British Open is expected to be canceled this week, according to Golf Digest.
Alex Speier

PawSox ballpark construction project in Worcester is halted

It remains to be determined whether the delay will prevent Polar Park from opening on time for the 2021 season.
Hayden Bird

Winter sports enthusiasts donating goggles to doctors
Sports Log

Ex-BC basketball player Jairus Hamilton commits to Maryland

Politics

Democrats proposing commission to study US pandemic response

Business

US equity futures rise

Marijuana

Two employees of pot firm NETA test positive for coronavirus, making workers question protocol
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Perspective

What the US will be like after we conquer the coronavirus
Connections

A taste of my Italian family?s grace and humor in the time of coronavirus
Dispatches from the Edge

At risk populations: ?What helps is feeling like you?re not going it alone?

Dispatches from the Edge

My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper

sports

Patriots release quarterback Cody Kessler

David Andrews on blood clots that sidelined him all of 2019: ?I really had no idea how dangerous it was?

Patriots took some hits at the linebacker position this offseason

metro

Olin College of Engineering selects new president

Grab a beer, and a roll of toilet paper, at Dorchester Brewing Co.

New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85

Nation

Los Angeles mayor urges everyone to wear masks

US coronavirus deaths surge past 4,600 as officials start to compare struggle with Italy?s outbreak

Fauci?s security is stepped up as doctor and face of U.S. coronavirus response receives threats

World

UN chief says COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II

EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

Taliban team arrives in Kabul to monitor prisoner release

politics

Watch live: White House officials give coronavirus briefing

Elizabeth Warren calls on Uber Eats, Instacart, others to classify workers as employees

Trump resists a national coronavirus shutdown, leaving it up to the states

business

US equity futures rise

VC firm Flagship Pioneering raises $1.1b for biotech startups despite reeling economy

T-Mobile closes merger with Sprint, and a wireless giant is born

lifestyle

'I basically want to address the idiots out there?: Larry David makes a coronavirus PSA aimed at those not social distancing

Chapter 5: The freezer is a time capsule

Chapter 4: Let a nation of bread bakers arise

marijuana

Two employees of pot firm NETA test positive for coronavirus, making workers question protocol

Getting a medical marijuana card is easier than you think

2 of Iowa?s 5 medical marijuana dispensaries have closed

opinion

Renters, homeowners need protection now

Trump?s leadership on the coronavirus ? horrendous or outstanding?

A harsh light is thrown on Trump?s fitness to lead us through crisis

food & dining

Chapter 4: Let a nation of bread bakers arise

Chapter 3: Herbs might save us

Chapter 2: Soooo. I hear you bought some beans.

travel

Live cams, photo books, and planning ahead for trips to come

When students have to evacuate Spain in two days, emotions run high

Why a Northampton family is staying put in Spain

Books

Tom Perrotta on ?The Leftovers? and how we behave in times of fear and loss

Hilary Mantel on re-reading

?Too Much? draws a direct line from Victorian to contemporary restraints on women

Movies

A disease defeated, women resisting, Manitoba remembered, children rescued

?Single? a standout among SXSW Festival?s short film offerings online

?Never Rarely Sometimes Always? is a quietly devastating drama about the lives of young women in America

Television

PBS?s ?World on Fire? a widescreen view of wartime

Here?s how ?ER? would have approached the pandemic

Take a good look at the consistently good John Turturro

music

10 tracks to help soothe the mind

From Rockport, Tom Rush reports he?s recovering from coronavirus

Boston Calling canceled amid coronavirus concerns

Theater/Dance

Watch James Corden?s sensational turn in ?One Man, Two Guvnors?

John Douglas Thompson to star in Shakespeare on the Common?s ?Tempest?

In Cameron Esposito?s memoir, Boston ?plays a big role?

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85

Tomie dePaola, 85, creator of gently humorous picture books,

Michael Sorkin, who championed social justice via architecture, dies at 71 from COVID-19