Maura Healey’s office said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified state public health departments, including the Massachusetts ... the Department of Mental Health, the governor ...

and other health departments have been vigilant about detecting," Margret Cooke, head of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, said Thursday in a statement. Gonorrhea is the second most ...

BOSTON — Alarmed by an overdose crisis worsened by a "poisoned" drug supply, the state's chief public health ... of the sites in Massachusetts and the administration ordered it to a study. That ...

In essence, hospitals are required to address the health department's public health priorities. In Massachusetts this means a requirement to implement a social determinant of health (SDOH ...