Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to ...

A heat advisory is in effect in Boston and several other Massachusetts communities through 7 p.m. on July 17. The National Weather Service warned of "dangerous heat and humidity" with heat indices ...

Salmonella infections typically cause diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps six hours to six days after exposure.

See how many tick bite-related emergency department visits the Northeast has seen this summer compared to last summer.

Trash collectors continue to strike against Republic Services, disrupting collection for more than a dozen Massachusetts ...

This summer's May and June spikes in tick bites are the largest for at least five years in the Northeast, according to data ...

The Massachusetts legislature has awarded $875,000 in funds to four organizations in Springfield to support affordable ...

A deadly fire at a Massachusetts assisted living home on Sunday highlights the need for federal legislation strengthening oversight of such facilities, according to long-term care resident ...

Emergency departments are seeing a notable increase in patients with tick bites, and the state epidemiologist said a tick ...

A group of medical organizations is suing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health ...

HHS has not yet released information on conflicts of interest among CDC's new vaccine advisers, appearing to backtrack on its ...

The head of a western Massachusetts nonprofit is sounding the alarms over cuts affecting the region’s seniors, and is ...