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.

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

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

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

Boston Mayor Wu announces a $5 million initiative to improve health equity and life expectancy in underserved neighborhoods.

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 ...

Boston will soon channel $5 million into local coalitions working to tackle longstanding health disparities that have ...

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

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

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, an ally and former employee of Mayor Michelle Wu, blocked a resolution offered by Wu admin critic Ed Flynn that sought to issue an emergency declaration for ...