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.

West Nile virus detected in Massachusetts ‘earlier’ than normal: ‘People should take steps to prevent mosquito bites’ ...

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 ...

Health officials in Massachusetts said on Tuesday they’ve identified a batch of mosquitos that tested positive for West Nile ...

Thunderstorms on Thursday evening threaten to interrupt the start of what will feel like our first true summer stretch of ...

Health insurers defended the steep rate increases they have planned as an unfortunate but necessary response to rising ...

A Massachusetts community is mourning a recent high school graduate who lost his life in a single-car crash over the weekend.

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 ...

A statewide study by the Greater Boston Food Bank found that hunger isn’t getting worse, but isn’t getting better, either.

Eli Lilly will buy Boston-based Verve Therapeutics, Inc. in a billion dollar deal with plans to advance Verve's new line of ...