The National Consumer Commission has urgently recalled specific Boston Scientific Encore medical devices after contamination ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, an ally and former employee of Mayor Michelle Wu, blocked a resolution offered by Wu admin critic Ed Flynn that sought to issue an emergency declaration for ...

Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission, speaks as Mayor Michelle Wu announces a new long-term health equity agenda. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) ...

BOSTON — The Wu administration is directing $5 million in grant funding toward community organizations with the aim of narrowing a life expectancy gap in three low-income neighborhoods where ...