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September 24, 2020 | 1:39am A Massachusetts man died last year from eating an excessive amount of black licorice, doctors said Wednesday. The unusual case was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, detailing how the man consumed a bag and half of the candy every day for two weeks prior to his death.…

Massachusetts health officials report 178 new COVID-19 cases, 14 additional deaths The Department of Public Health reported an additional 178 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and confirmed 14 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Tuesday, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,331.In addition to the total of 108,740 confirmed cases in Massachusetts, state health…

Massachusetts health officials report 273 new cases of COVID-19, 19 additional deaths The Department of Public Health reported an additional 273 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and confirmed 19 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Sunday, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,310.In addition to the total of 108,380 confirmed cases in Massachusetts, state…

Mary Altaffer This Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 photo shows male mosquitos at the the Vosshall Laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York. SOURCE: Mary Altaffer SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice Massachusetts health officials report season’s first EEE positive mosquito sample Massachusetts health…

coronavirus.Officials also confirmed another 664 cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases to at least 96,965 since the pandemic began. The new positive cases are based on 10,334 tests reported on Sunday.As of Sunday, a total of 6,846 people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak in Massachusetts. Of…