A report “Safe for Swimming?” undertaken in 2024 and published by Environment Massachusetts reported on fecal contamination in Mass. coastal waters.

With every rinse of a sink and flush of a toilet, public health is becoming easier to track thanks to a growing practice known as wastewater monitoring or wastewater surveillance. "This is an ...

Feb. 19—Despite the county's Public Health Services Department reporting omicron was first confirmed in Kern on Jan. 4, the department said it knew omicron was "likely" present in December through ...

The island is one of the first to look at foam as a possible PFAS exposure risk. Here’s what test results say so far.