When we asked readers if the city should declare a public health and safety emergency, the overwhelming majority of ...

The cyanobacteria bloom, also known as blue-green algae, can sicken people and animals who come in contact with it.

How should Boston address its intertwined crises of homelessness and open drug use? Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft have ...

South End residents who live near the Mass. and Cass intersection have been raising the alarm for months that public drug use ...

The city is urging residents to avoid contact with a section of the Muddy River in Fenway after a harmful algae bloom was discovered in the water. Trump says he’ll meet with Putin next Friday in ...

Obesity rates continue to climb even as consumption rates of items such as sugar-sweetened beverages have declined. That ...

Boston will soon channel $5 million into local coalitions working to tackle longstanding health disparities that have ...

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, an ally and former employee of Mayor Michelle Wu, blocked a resolution offered by Wu admin critic Ed Flynn that sought to issue an emergency declaration for ...

On Tuesday, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn filed a resolution to declare the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass ...

Our nation’s nurses face death threats and physical violence every day while saving patients' lives. Now, they’re at their ...

The former head of the US Food and Drug Administration is testing the Trump administration’s commitment to “Make America ...

NORTHAMPTON — In a near unanimous vote at the State House in Boston Thursday, a special commission charged with recommending ...