The Massachusetts Department of Public Health raised the risk level for West Nile Virus to high in many communities, urging ...

The risk level for West Nile virus in Boston has been raised to high, the Boston Public Health Commission said Wednesday.

Officials of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) are urging residents to take precautions as the risk level of ...

Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Bridge), a nonprofit in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on serving youth experiencing homelessness, has recently acquired a harm reduction vending machine which will ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu declares a heat emergency Monday through Wednesday as part of its heat resilience plan to deal with ...

People and their pets should avoid a portion of Fenway's Muddy River due to a cyanobacteria algae bloom in the water. Here's what that means ...

The area between Brookline Avenue and Avenue Louis Pasteur has a cyanobacteria algae bloom, which has toxins that can harm ...

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

Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston city officials have declared a heat emergency from Monday, August 11, through Wednesday, August ...

A coalition called the Health Equity Compact — formed coming out of the COVID pandemic and made up of more than 85 leaders of ...

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.

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