When we asked readers if the city should declare a public health and safety emergency, the overwhelming majority of ...

The cyanobacteria bloom, also known as blue-green algae, can sicken people and animals who come in contact with it.

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, an ally and former employee of the mayor, blocked a resolution offered by Wu ...

On Tuesday, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn filed a resolution to declare the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass ...

South End residents who live near the Mass. and Cass intersection have been raising the alarm for months that public drug use ...

How should Boston address its intertwined crises of homelessness and open drug use? Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft have ...

The Wu administration is directing $5 million in grant funding toward community organizations with the aim of narrowing a ...

Health officials say there is an elevated count of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in the Charles River this weekend.

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) and Massachusetts Department of Health (MDH) says a person with measles visited Boston on June 7 and June 8.

The Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health are working to identify and alert people who may have been exposed to measles June 7-8, but stressed the city's ...

Dr. Barbara Ferrer will step down as executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission at the beginning of October after holding the position since 2007, a Monday press release stated. Since ...

Jacqueline Cherisme, a Boston Public Health Commission employee, was allegedly behind the wheel during an April 19 drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of a bystander, according to the ...