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An FBI agent was involved in a shooting on board a Metro train early Tuesday and an investigation is underway, Metro and FBI officials say. A man was shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital. Information on his identity and condition were not immediately released. Metro Transit Police received a report just before 7 a.m. of “an FBI…

A Massachusetts nurse has been arrested for allegedly obtaining morphine by tampering with doses of the drug meant for veterans, the U.S. District Attorney’s office said Wednesday. Kathleen Noftle, 55, of Tewsbury was charged in federal court with diverting morphine while employed as a nurse in the hospice unit at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center campus in Bedford.

The deaths of three recent patients at the Washington DC VA Medical Center are raising questions about whether the medical center thoroughly checks on its patients after discharge.

A water main break in Boston forced Tufts Medical Center to close to ambulance traffic for a time Sunday morning.

Massachusetts General Hospital says it will spend more than $1 billion to expand its Boston campus. Hospital President Peter Slavin announced the plans in a Tuesday email, saying the hospital will build a 12-story structure for 450 single-bed rooms housed in a pair of connected towers.

The Massachusetts couple whose dog was shot and killed in the woods is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who killed their beloved pet.

Police are investigating after a dog was found dead in a wooded area on the Norton/Attleboro border. According to police, they received a report that a dog was found dead off of Old Dean Street. They responded and spoke with the owner of the dog, who reported that he found the dog in the woods. The dog had been missing...

A seventh child who was treated at a long-term care medical facility in New Jersey has died after a “severe outbreak” of adenovirus, a family of viruses that can otherwise cause mild illness, according to the state’s Department of Health.

Six children at a long-term care medical facility in New Jersey have died after a “severe outbreak” of adenovirus virus, while 12 others have been infected, according to the state’s Department of Health.

Massachusetts issued a warning Thursday of possible measles exposures in a pool, hospital and library around Boston and Lexington.

Massachusetts health officials are warning of potential measles exposures at an area hospital, library, pool and other locations.

The grandmother of 3-year-old Kenai Whyte reacts after the child’s stepmother, Maria Buie, pleaded guilty in his 2016 death.

Two brothers and another man were hospitalized after they were the victims of a triple shooting in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

Boston Children’s Hospital was recognized as No. 1 on the Best Children’s Honor Roll by the U.S. News and World Report on Tuesday for its excellence in pediatric care.

Authorities say the man charged with hiding a camera in a Massachusetts hospital’s employee bathroom could be clearly identified by video from the camera.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges after a hidden camera was found in an employee restroom at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center.

The union that represents 1,200 nurses at Tufts Medical Center in Boston says its members will go on strike this month after the hospital and union officials failed to negotiate a new contract.

The new mother of quintuplets kept her excitement in check for the first six months of her pregnancy — even putting off setting up a nursery.