There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

In August last year, the so-called ‘Massachusetts mosquito virus’, officially known as the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) ...

A man died from a tick bite in Massachusetts. His family wants to prevent it from happening again. BOSTON ( WBZ) — The family of a Massachusetts man who died after a tick bite wants everyone to take ...

It was hard to believe he was dying. Just weeks prior, he was peeling off his heavy boots as he got home from work. He was ...

New recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are asking scientists to dive into ...

The family of a man who died from a tick-borne illness is warning others to be vigilant and check themselves during this year ...

President Donald Trump’s recent decision to take away money for asthma prevention support in Western Mass. is causing concern ...

Pediatric asthma rates are elevated— about 15% of kids in Springfield and Chicopee and nearly 17% in Holyoke have asthma, ...

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 White House’s budget request proposes a nearly $18 billion cut to NIH spending, and nearly $4 billion slashed at the CDC.

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a ...