"Massachusetts’ economy depends upon a vibrant Eds & Meds enterprise," U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-4th District, said.

After nearly a decade of planning, Roxbury was poised to become home to the second operating birth center in Massachusetts ...

Advocates lobbied Thursday for legislation to boost MassHealth reimbursement rates and buoy mental health centers, some of which they said are facing “now-or-never” decisions on whether to keep ...

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said Sunday that a fishing vessel pulled in a body in its nets 40 miles off the ...

Despite scientific advancements made during the COVID pandemic, growing vaccine hesitancy and the politicization of public health leave the U.S. vulnerable to future pandemics, according to experts ...

Five years ago, lockdown critics faced death threats and censorship. Now they are gaining influence amid new research on the ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from recent debate on the House rules. There were no ...

Six train cars derailed in Worcester, prompting a large emergency response as the tankers were carrying ethanol.

After repeat violations, including for selling flavored tobacco products, the Pittsfield Board of Health suspended Berkshire ...

Makayla Bevan, a sixth grader at the Academy of Health Sciences Charter School in Rochester, is being recognized for helping ...

Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure decades later, according to a ...