Public Health

18+ hour, 11+ min ago   (395+ words) A rare Belgian goat cheese sold at Whole Foods Market has been pulled from shelves in seven states after a store employee discovered its scale labels failed to warn shoppers about a hidden egg protein. The recall covers Fromagerie Coop…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (275+ words) A man in his 60s from Worcester County has become Massachusetts' seventh human case of West Nile virus this year, according to health officials. All six prior cases this season involved residents exposed in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Only Dukes and…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (277+ words) Conversations about vaccine hesitancy at the practice have jumped from about once a month to two or three times a week, per the Globe's reporting. Coverage has focused on the practice's handling of vaccine hesitancy. The Lakeville practice's approach comes…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (28+ words) The Springfield Police Department has surpassed 700 lives saved through its ongoing Narcan program. The Springfield Police Department has surpassed 700 lives saved through its ongoing Narcan program....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (70+ words) The city of Springfield held a candlelight vigil to honor the lives lost to drug overdoses. The event was organized by the Springfield Health and Human Services Department to bring community members together in remembrance. The city of Springfield held…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (344+ words) Worcester Animal Control officials euthanized a fox, the second put down in a a week, after it threatened two dogs in a resident’s yard on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred in the back yard of a house of Harrington…...