The infant mortality national rate dropped to about 5.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to provisional ...

Once a week, Matt Rumley, 40, finds time between his two jobs to make the 50-mile round trip from his home in West Roxbury to ...

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios First-time U.S. mothers were an average of 27.5 years old in 2023, per CDC data. Why it matters: That's up from 21.4 in 1970 — a notable shift over the decades, reflecting major ...

It’s not just measles making a fierce comeback in 2025. Another disease that’s especially dangerous to young children, known as pertussis or whooping cough, is spreading nearly twice ...

The Trump administration revoked the visas of several international students at universities across Massachusetts this week, including Boston University, Tufts University, Harvard University, Emerson ...