Massachusetts

COVID wastewater data in Boston continues to take a plunge, as state health officials on Thursday also reported a drop in virus cases. Data from the Boston Public Health Commission’s wastewater surveillance program shows that the number of…

Liquor store clerk accused of stealing $3 million lottery ticket…

Prosecutors charged a man with murder on Thursday in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy in Massachusetts nearly a decade after the child's body was found in a suitcase on the side of a highway.Alberto Sierra Jr., 32,…

The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth recommends parents be held liable for child abuse if they do not allow their children to receive transgender medical procedures. The independent commission “advises others in state government on…

The disparity between white and black mortality rates has been laid bare by a new study.Researchers from Yale and the University of Massachusetts found that black Americans had 1.63 million excess deaths (the difference between the expected…

Missing 4-year-old boy found dead on Spectacle Island shore…

The lawyers representing migrants suing Florida Gov. Ron Desantis for flying them to Martha's Vineyard months ago filed a new motion to keep the litigation in Massachusetts. The attorneys for the group of about 50 migrants mostly from…

Leading up to her pregnancy, Jessica Paolino felt confident she’d receive support from nurses and doctors in Boston, her home city which she describes as “the center of healthcare and the mecca of education.” But as she went into preterm…

Public health advocates are calling for hospitals, doctors, and other health providers to adopt masking policies, as health care mask mandates were lifted with the end of the state’s COVID-19 public health emergency on Thursday. The end of…

Massachusetts residents are bringing the national debate over transgender athletes’ right to participate in girls’ and women’s sports home. A dozen protesters holding signs bearing the messages “Save women’s sports,” “Support fair sports…