Health Department offers guidance for families of COVID-positive college students

Sep 2025 9

Board of Health tackles uncertainty over immunization services

The Board of Health on Monday spent time discussing the town’s capacity to continue providing immunization services in the wake of changes at both the federal and state levels. “We’re awaiting final guidance on all the vaccination schedules … how that’s changing,...

Nov 2023 28

COVID-19 vaccine costs prompts Health Department to look at vendor

The Board of Health at its meeting Monday evening discussed the financial implications of the state’s decision not to supply free COVID-19 vaccines to communities. Health Department Director Shaun McAuliffe explained that the department spent more than $8,000 on...

Nov 2023 6

Updated COVID-19 vaccine available from Health Department Thursday

A limited supply of the updated Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine will be available Thursday from the Hopkinton Health Department. A VCF flu/COVID clinic is scheduled for Thursday (Nov. 9) from 3-5 p.m. in the lower level of Town Hall. This vaccine formula,...

Sep 2023 14

Resident tip leads to cease-and-desist letters to illegal food operations in town

Health Director Shaun McAuliffe told the Board of Health at its meeting Wednesday that an email he received led to his investigation that uncovered five illegal food operations in town. “We had received a complaint about a food service establishment that was...

Jul 2023 13

Health Department seeks participants for survey related to health impacts of long COVID

The Hopkinton Health Department is sponsoring a Massachusetts Department of Public Health intern who is researching the health impacts of long COVID, and as part of her research, the intern is conducting an online survey that residents are invited to fill out....

Mar 2022 31

COVID vaccine clinic for 50-plus at Hopkinton Senior Center April 6

Following the recent announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that individuals 50 and over are eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot, the Hopkinton Health Department is hosting a Moderna vaccine clinic on Wednesday, April 6, from...