State health officials have delayed launching a new online death registration system, saying the longer transition time will ...

A nearly 70-year-old ban on carrying switchblades in Massachusetts was reversed by the state’s highest court on Tuesday after they determined that the knives are considered “arms” and ...

BOSTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Massachusetts' highest court on Tuesday struck down a state ban on carrying switchblades, saying a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring modern gun restrictions ...

Aerial and truck-mounted ground spraying for mosquitoes will begin on Tuesday evening, according to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and Department of Public Health.

A rare yet deadly disease spread by mosquitoes has officials in several Massachusetts towns warning local residents to avoid going outside at night. The disease, called eastern equine encephalitis ...

(NewsNation) — A voluntary evening lockdown has been enacted in four Massachusetts towns amid a potentially fatal mosquito-born disease. The towns of Webster, Oxford, Sutton and Douglas made the ...

The bus service controversy comes as Massachusetts recently funded buses for students from the more than 200 migrant families that moved into their community, though local Superintendent of ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus can cause a "rare but severe illness." The threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus has prompted several Massachusetts towns to implement targeted mosquito ...

Massachusetts on Aug. 16 announced its first human case of eastern equine encephalitis, a deadly mosquito-borne virus. About 10 communities are on high alert and some have issued voluntary curfews ...

A Massachusetts town has closed its municipal parks and fields to nighttime visitors amid a heightened risk of a potentially deadly type of mosquito-borne encephalitis, according to town officials.

There were 12 human cases of EEE in Massachusetts in 2019 with six deaths, and five human cases with one death in 2020. There were no human cases of EEE in Massachusetts in 2021, 2022, or 2023.