Changes made this week to the rules controlling how the CDC’s influential vaccine advisory panel operates could open the door ...

And indeed, overall vaccination rates this school year held firm, according to the Department of Public Health, itself an ...

As trust in the US federal health agencies drops, states have been creating their own public health networks. Roxanne Nelson reports.

Alpha-gal syndrome, the tick-borne illness that causes people to develop a serious allergy to meat and dairy, is "an emerging ...

If you love red meat and ice cream, watch out for a tick making its way into Massachusetts in increasing numbers over the ...

While spring has officially begun, concerns about respiratory viruses are lingering longer than usual, with cases of ...

While COVID-19 cases are down overall nationwide, the Cicada variant is quickly gaining ground, new data shows.

Kissing bugs, which are blood-feeding insects that can carry Chagas disease, are not currently common in New England but could potentially spread northward over time.

The state Department of Public Health told the Board of Health that the number of HIV cases in the region is rising, and ...

The CDC is warning of medetomidine, or 'rhino tranq', in Northeast street drugs, causing severe overdoses and withdrawal ...

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted online its first large tranche of advanced genetic data from ...