Lack of information and health disparities are among the hurdles organizations like the New England Donor Services are trying to address during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Asthmatics deal with growing impacts of climate change as allergy seasons grow longer.

At the hearing, nurses testified about poor staffing impacting patient care at Steward hospitals.

Reproductive health providers say the center, which sits across the street, somehow accessed patients’ personal information to set up appointments.

The state will take over St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton by eminent domain until it can be transitioned to Boston Medical Center ownership, the Healey administration announced Friday.

Residents nearby can help prevent closures by picking up after their dogs and limiting fertilizer use.

While the risk of catching pertussis, aka whooping cough, is extremely low, Brookline health officials ask the public to be vigilant and report instances out of an “abundance of caution.”

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Most people are familiar with Lyme disease, but a rarer, more severe tickborne disease is sending more people to the hospital.

The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women held a public briefing on Thursday on potential legislative solutions to several issues.