Mayor Michelle Wu announced a heat emergency spanning Monday through Wednesday would commence after forecasts of 95 degree to ...

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 ...

Health officials say there is an elevated count of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in the Charles River this weekend.

Influenza has run rampant this winter both nationwide and in Boston, but numbers are leveling out here, according to Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the city’s Public Health Commission.

The Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health are working to identify and alert people who may have been exposed to measles June 7-8, but stressed the city's ...

Jacqueline Cherisme, a Boston Public Health Commission employee, was allegedly behind the wheel during an April 19 drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of a bystander, according to the ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) and Massachusetts Department of Health (MDH) says a person with measles visited Boston on June 7 and June 8.

Dr. Barbara Ferrer will step down as executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission at the beginning of October after holding the position since 2007, a Monday press release stated. Since ...

“People aren’t always taking influenza as seriously as they should,” said Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, speaking at a news conference.