WBUR's Deborah Becker spoke with Dr. Rick Malley, an infectious disease physician at Boston Children's Hospital, about the increase in coronavirus cases in children across the country. Last week, 94,000 cases in kids were reported — a 31% increase from the week before.

A nearly 300 year old gravestone discovered in Pennsylvania has been returned to its original site in West Newbury, Mass. The stone marks the burial place of Abigail Chase, who died in an epidemic in the 18th century.

Efforts to vaccinate immigrants and communities of color in Boston are making slow but steady progress.

Two small towns in western Massachusetts are ranked among the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the state. But some officials blame a glitch in the data collection.

Sam Scarpino, managing director of pathogen surveillance for the Rockefeller Foundation, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss.

The seas will continue rising for centuries, but worst-case climate change scenarios are still avoidable.

Camp Atwater was founded 100 years ago as one of the first — if not the first — summer camps in America specifically for Black kids. Many campers and organizers say Atwater is still needed today.

The program provides payment to people who turn in needles and has collected as many as 30,000 syringes in a single week.

According to the state, about half of the 378 skilled nursing facilities in the state had less than 75% of their staffers fully vaccinated.

The iconic summer production's long-awaited return brought a feeling of the beforetimes to a slightly hazy but lovely summer evening, reports WBUR's Andrea Shea.