When we asked readers if the city should declare a public health and safety emergency, the overwhelming majority of ...

The city is urging residents to avoid contact with a section of the Muddy River in Fenway after a harmful algae bloom was discovered in the water.

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 ...

South End residents who live near the Mass. and Cass intersection have been raising the alarm for months that public drug use ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu declares a heat emergency Monday through Wednesday as part of its heat resilience plan to deal with ...

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

Boston will soon channel $5 million into local coalitions working to tackle longstanding health disparities that have ...

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

Boston Mayor Wu announces a $5 million initiative to improve health equity and life expectancy in underserved neighborhoods.

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, an ally and former employee of Mayor Michelle Wu, blocked a resolution offered by Wu admin critic Ed Flynn that sought to issue an emergency declaration for ...

Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission, speaks as Mayor Michelle Wu announces a new long-term health equity agenda. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) ...