4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (842+ words) By Beth Teitell, The Boston Globe We’ve reached peak hypocrisy. In simpler times — like maybe yesterday — here’s how the judgment went: Use one of the new miracle weight-loss drugs and get shamed for taking the easy way out. For cheating…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (380+ words) The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced on Monday two additional human cases of West Nile virus in the state this year, bringing the total to five. One person affected was a man in his 80s who was exposed in Middlesex…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (553+ words) A graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed “no signs of exposure to mercury” after being hospitalized for self-reported contact with a highly toxic form of the chemical while working in a lab, the university said. The student,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (260+ words) A second human case of West Nile virus in the state this year was announced Monday. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced the second person in the state to be diagnosed with the virus this year, a man in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (242+ words) The first human case of West Nile virus this year has been confirmed in Massachusetts, health officials said. The Massachusetts Department of Health announced Thursday that a man in his 90s was exposed to the virus in Middlesex County. The announcement…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) The Boston Public Health Commission issued a toxic algae warning for part of the Charles River on Thursday. The Charles River Lower Basin downstream of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge is impacted by a cyanobacteria, or blue-green, algae, bloom, the commission…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (315+ words) The Eastern equine encephalitis virus, a rare but potentially fatal disease, has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced in a release Wednesday. The presence of EEE was…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently dropping the rabies vaccine from helicopters throughout New England, in an annual effort to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies. Rabies is almost always fatal once symptoms appear. But to help limit the potential…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (160+ words) Moderna shares more than doubled Wednesday after it announced initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment that would be the first of its kind if approved by regulators. Moderna and Merck are developing a treatment using an…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (754+ words) Campbell’s office is not aware of any other health care organizations that have stopped providing gender-affirming care to young people since Baystate’s announcement in February. Spokespeople for Fenway and Baystate did not return requests for information about the current state…...