Lindos Sueños is a community service and cultural exchange program operated by the Boston Red Sox. Each summer, a small group of American teens travels to the Dominican Republic to work alongside ...

West Nile virus detected in Massachusetts ‘earlier’ than normal: ‘People should take steps to prevent mosquito bites’ ...

Health officials in Massachusetts said on Tuesday they’ve identified a batch of mosquitos that tested positive for West Nile ...

Thunderstorms on Thursday evening threaten to interrupt the start of what will feel like our first true summer stretch of ...

Health insurers defended the steep rate increases they have planned as an unfortunate but necessary response to rising ...

A statewide study by the Greater Boston Food Bank found that hunger isn’t getting worse, but isn’t getting better, either.

Eli Lilly will buy Boston-based Verve Therapeutics, Inc. in a billion dollar deal with plans to advance Verve's new line of ...

A BU professor warns that federal funding cuts, immigration restrictions and housing costs could reshape the region's status ...

Beach Season Water Quality Report Card bySave the Harbor/Save the Bay, the data has shown thatSouth Boston’s beaches remain the cleanest urban beaches in the country.Pleasure Bay and City Point each ...

Encouraged by a new financial analysis, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association promoted legislation Monday requiring insurance coverage of mobile integrated health programs, which are ...

The connection to your primary care provider, usually a doctor, gets severed. You stop getting routine checkups. Warning signs get missed. Medical problems that could have been caught early become ...

Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the Milford teen detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while on his way to volleyball practice in May, is responding after the agency says he is lying about ...