The flu is surging around Massachusetts. Activity for the virus is designated as “very high” across the state, which is seeing the highest level of the illness since before the COVID-19 ...

Boston health officials said Wednesday that along with an unusual second, late surge of flu cases across the state, the ...

Despite scientific advancements made during the COVID pandemic, growing vaccine hesitancy and the politicization of public health leave the U.S. vulnerable to future pandemics, according to experts ...

Gaps in surveillance and cuts by the Trump administration to medical research threaten to undermine efforts to contain a ...

In Massachusetts, more than 80% of hospital beds are filled. Experts say there are a variety of reasons for the shortage. WBZ-TV's Mike Sullivan reports.

Cases of respiratory illnesses related to the flu and RSV are spiking in Massachusetts Right now, the CDC has the problem rated as "high" in the Bay State Cases of respiratory illnesses related to ...

Massachusetts has reported a spike in neurological symptoms among pediatric flu patients in 2025, but national trends aren’t ...

Bird flu has claimed the lives of at least four snowy owls in Massachusetts in recent weeks, adding the graceful white and black-patterned predators to its victims as it sweeps through the wild bird ...

But there may be light at the end of the tunnel. The USDA reported last week that egg shortages are easing and wholesale ...

Where does our avian flu epidemic come from? Commercial, large-scale poultry farming and migrating birds squeezed into ...

Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a ...