Mayor Michelle Wu announced a heat emergency spanning Monday through Wednesday would commence after forecasts of 95 degree to ...

Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston city officials have declared a heat emergency from Monday, August 11, through Wednesday, August ...

The cyanobacteria bloom, also known as blue-green algae, can sicken people and animals who come in contact with it.

How should Boston address its intertwined crises of homelessness and open drug use? Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft have ...

The Wu administration is directing $5 million in grant funding toward community organizations with the aim of narrowing a ...

Health officials say there is an elevated count of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in the Charles River this weekend.

Influenza has run rampant this winter both nationwide and in Boston, but numbers are leveling out here, according to Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the city’s Public Health Commission.

Jacqueline Cherisme, a Boston Public Health Commission employee, was allegedly behind the wheel during an April 19 drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of a bystander, according to the ...

The Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health are working to identify and alert people who may have been exposed to measles June 7-8, but stressed the city's ...

Dr. Barbara Ferrer will step down as executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission at the beginning of October after holding the position since 2007, a Monday press release stated. Since ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) and Massachusetts Department of Health (MDH) says a person with measles visited Boston on June 7 and June 8.