Flu season isn't over yet in Massachusetts. As of this week, the flu has killed 382 people in Massachusetts this season, according to the state's health department. As of February, all regions of the ...

Legionnaires’ disease is a serious form of pneumonia that is caused by the Legionella bacteria, a water-borne organism found ...

The first COVID-19 case in Massachusetts was reported on Feb. 1, 2020, involving a UMass Boston student who had returned to ...

Officials have contacted Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital where the person had been a patient and are dictating infection ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is continuing to urge people to get vaccinated against measles, which is the best protection against the highly contagious disease. “No recent ...

Compared to other states dealing with rising infections, there have been "no recent measles cases reported in Massachusetts," Department of Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Thursday.

Massachusetts public health officials issued an advisory to health care providers, cautioning that the state is seeing a “possible increase” in the number of children experiencing neurological ...

As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update ...

The hospital will be built in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians.