Genetic disease impacts millions of children in the U.S., with Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease and sickle cell disease among the most common.

The initiatives include the Energy Sector Security Enhancement Project and the Bangladesh Clean Air Project, which collectively seek to address the twin challenges of unreliable energy supply and haza ...

State public health officials said they have detected the first positive mosquito sample for West Nile virus of the season, ...

County and state public health officials are investigating a suspected botulism case linked to possible fake or improperly ...

A new Harvard Medical School and Public Citizen study reveals that proposed Medicaid cuts, currently under Senate discussion, ...

The go-broke date — or the date at which the programs will no longer have enough funds to pay full benefits — was pushed up to 2033 for Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund, according to the new ...

Is cannabis dangerous for kids? That was the question we posed to Ryan Dominguez, executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition, the group representing the industry behind $8 billion in ...

Elizabeth Jacobs and James Alwine On June 9, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired all 17 members of a key panel of medical and science experts overseeing ...

Newport Public Schools confronts a $900,000 budget shortfall for the upcoming school year, despite implementing 10 staff layoffs and after receiving reduced funding from the city council, ...

Mayor Eric Adams scored a massive legal win in the controversial battle to move retired city workers to higher cost health-care plans.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

U.S. vaccine advisers will discuss recommendations for flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal and a combination ...