Jasper Smith, 4, died at a local hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the head last month. His stepfather is charged with manslaughter. The post Stepfather arrested after 4-year-old fatally ...

Is cannabis dangerous for kids? That was the question we posed to Ryan Dominguez, executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition, the group representing the industry behind $8 billion in ...

With ICE arrests rising, some say a Burlington facility designed for short stays is often overcrowded and inhospitable.

A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.

A 30-year-old man who was convicted of several charges for shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the head has been sentenced to ...

Scientists and institutions are struggling to navigate new conditions for receiving funding from the National Institutes of ...

The hearing captured the tension and complexity of reining in health care costs that are among the highest in the nation, as insurers, providers and prescription drug companies all point the ...

Beach Season Water Quality Report Card bySave the Harbor/Save the Bay, the data has shown thatSouth Boston’s beaches remain the cleanest urban beaches in the country.Pleasure Bay and City Point each ...

The connection to your primary care provider, usually a doctor, gets severed. You stop getting routine checkups. Warning signs get missed. Medical problems that could have been caught early become ...

A person with measles visited Boston over the weekend, health officials warned Friday, sharing a hotel, museum and airport ...

A person with measles visited Boston over the weekend, health officials said Friday. The Boston Public Health Commission and ...