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While most people who have been vaccinated — or had measles as children — are protected from the virus, there are some exceptions.

Baystate Medical's Brightwood Health Center and Tapestry Health in Springfield are the only two clinics in western Massachusetts to receive the vaccine from the state Department of Health.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is now publishing the statistics once a week instead of five days per week.

The award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will fund the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases.

Following a CDC recommendation, Massachusetts is now allowing children ages 6 months to 4 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

A little over half of the population in Hampden County has been vaccinated and boosted.

Last week, the mayor of Greenfield announced she's lifting the city's indoor mask mandate. The town of Amherst still has one in place.

“I Am More” is a traveling exhibit of pastel portraits and essays that shows how people with chronic illness, trauma or disabilities are more than just what others might see.

The three districts are all in communities with indoor mask mandates.

The state mandate will expire, but Springfield has decided to keep the requirement in place at least through March 28.