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

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

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

Emergency room visits due to tick bites are surging across the country, especially in the northeast, according to the Centers ...

However, the state's public health department warns more money and resources are needed to tackle the ongoing problem of substance use. Massachusetts had more than 700 fewer opioid-related ...

Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, ...

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

Funds have been awarded to four organizations to support affordable housing development and other community initiatives in ...

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

According to the CDC, emergency room visits for tick bites in the Northeast are at their highest levels in at least five ...

Massachusetts experienced a more than 36 percent decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance ...