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The New Bedford City Council decided to move forward with discussions of implementing a "Neighborhood Needle Recovery" program during Thursday night's meeting.

West Nile has been detected in New Bedford.

The potential merger between Southcoast Health and the Rhode Island-based Care New England took another step forward after it was announced on Monday that Southcoast Health filed a Notice of Material Change with the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.

Beginning this academic year, Dartmouth Public Schools will be outfitted with the overdose-reversing drug known as Narcan.

A report recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found 48 people died in New Bedford in 2015 as a direct result of an opioid overdose.

The Bristol County Mosquito Control Project will conduct another round of targeted ground spraying.

Bristol Community College's Fall River campus officially unveiled its newest building since 2001 Thursday afternoon during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the John J. Sbrega Health and Science Building.

A group of New Bedford area health professionals will be taking part in a town hall forum Wednesday night that will focus on the region's ongoing opioid crisis.

How are you feeling right now? Is your answer just OK? Would you rather feel sensational?

Those caring for family members who suffer from autism, alzheimers, or dementia worry about what will happen if they're loved ones wonder off and go missing.