vaccination

The final winners in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts VaxMillions Giveaway were announced today. According to Governor Charlie Baker's office, the winner of this week’s $1 million prize was Cynthia Thirath of Leominster. The winner of this week’s $300,000 college scholarship is Gretchen Selva of Conway. The program ...

Getting Vaccinated Could get you a cool million. It’s no joke. You just have to be really lucky!  The Baker-Polito Administration, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and the Massachusetts State Lottery have announced the Massachusetts VaxMillions Giveaway for residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated residents 18 and older will have...

Vaccination clinics in the Berkshires successfully began Phase Two distribution yesterday. Clinics began the phase two operations in Pittsfield, North Adams, and Great Barrington. The Berkshire Eagle reports that Berkshire health care providers administered more than 1,200 doses Tuesday at the clinics, in Pittsfield and North Adams...

As COVID-19 vaccinations continue throughout the Commonwealth and across the country, city and health officials in Pittsfield are urging the public to be cautious in light of a growing number of vaccination scams targeting users through multiple platforms...

Berkshire County held it’s third COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday at the Berkshire Community College.

The first veteran residents at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke and the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea received the COVID-19 vaccination today (Tuesday). Vaccination was done onsite at each Home, through a federal Long Term Care pharmacy partnership program with CVS and Walgreens...

The number of flu cases in the Berkshires is up this year and with the vaccine available only being about 30 percent effective, you may wonder why the heck you should even bother. Well... you really should.

There has been a 44 percent increase in flu symptoms in Pittsfield in the last few weeks. IBerkshires.com reports that according to public health nurse Kayla Donnelly-Winters, there have been 32 total cases of influenza confirmed in the city since October 1st.