Eligible MassHealth members and Health Safety Net patients will have access to prenatal vitamins and over-the-counter birth control at no cost, under two standing orders that ...

Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure decades later, according to a ...

Five SEIU groups, which represent workers in health care, public services, and property services, made their endorsement ...

After repeat violations, including for selling flavored tobacco products, the Pittsfield Board of Health suspended Berkshire ...

The proposed changes, including deep funding cuts to state Medicaid programs — would be devastating for Worcester County.

Rep. Auchincloss talked for over an hour with constituents in Fall River. From energy bills to housing, here are his takes on ...

Gov. Maura Healey says she doesn’t want to see Massachusetts cities and towns “penalized” because of the controversial MBTA zoning law but is not backing away from withholding grants from resistant ...

"We have to fight hard. We have to block, we have to block, block, block, block," U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said during a town hall at Malden High School that attracted around 1,500 attendees.

From the bloodstreams of office workers in the world’s most developed countries to the organs of Amazonian hunter-gatherers, ...

Lawmakers are juggling competing needs and uncertain funds outlook this budget season, state House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, said.

Women in several Northeast states have some of the best opportunities in the country, according to a new study.WalletHub ...