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Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness.

She loves sports and has become a good luck charm for the Loyola University men’s basketball team. Here’s how she stays healthy at 105.

A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6 when combined with diet and exercise, a small new study shows.

Another person in Massachusetts has contracted the rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, health officials said Monday, bringing this summer’s total to four.

Health officials say a hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu, despite having no known contact with dairy cows or other animals.

Botulism is a rare but severe illness that attacks the nerves in the body.

A third person in Massachusetts has contracted the rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, this summer, health officials said Thursday.

Federal, state and local governments are all trying to reduce maternal mortality rates across the United States and eliminate racial disparities.

At Boston Medical Center, patient care includes programs that you probably don’t think of as traditional medicine. And yet, they have a huge impact on people’s well-being. This year, BMC opened a second rooftop garden, where fresh food is grown and then delivered to the hospital’s food pantry, which serves patients who are food insecure. “I find myself eating...

The decision comes only a week after it approved a new round of messenger RNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna, which both target an offshoot of JN.1 called KP.2.

Health care providers in Massachusetts are starting to write prescriptions for arts and cultural activities as part of a partnership with Art Pharmacy.

A second person in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with EEE this summer, a woman in her 30s in Plymouth County, health officials said. 

Daniel Wright Jr.’s approach is clinically sound, experts say.

Say the word “pharmacy” and you might think of pill bottles and long lines. But what if your prescription was a dance class or a musical performance? Art Pharmacy is a program that is now partnering with Massachusetts health care providers, hospitals, clinics and health plans. Here’s how it works: a health care provider writes a prescription for a...

A second human case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in Massachusetts, state health officials said Thursday. The case is a woman in her 30s, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which said the woman, along with a horse that has also tested positive for the virus, were exposed in Plymouth County. Health officials said the...

Overlooking a sea of more than 22,000 purple flags planted on Boston Common signifying the toll of the opioid crisis in Massachusetts, Dana DiSenso reflected Thursday on her own journey to recovery as she urged state lawmakers to pass legislation that would enable cities and towns to open overdose prevention centers. DiSenso, who will soon reach six years in recovery...

Dorothy Staten used to be a professional cook and loves food. She has firm rules about what she eats and avoids in her diet.

Polio is one of the world’s most infectious diseases and until it is wiped out globally, the virus will continue to trigger outbreaks anywhere children are not fully vaccinated.

People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday.

Oropouche virus, also known as ‘sloth fever,’ is a virus spread by infected biting insects. Here’s what you need to know.