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Young student activists, pushing for fewer antibiotics in food, stood in front of the Subway store at 385 State Rd. in Dartmouth on Thursday holding signs.

Dr. Uma Hari, of the Southcoast Physicians Group Obstetrics & Gynecology Office drops by "The Phil Paleologos Show" to discuss Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

All New Bedford beaches have reopened to swimming on Friday.

Many Southcoast residents may experience breathing problems Wednesday due to poor air quality.

The princess of Cameroon made a visit to city hall Friday afternoon to acknowledge the partnership between the city and the African nation.

A report recently released by the Bristol County Regional Coalition to Prevent Suicide found that last year there was a 72 percent increase in suicides among middle aged men as compared to 2013.

Public health officials say West Nile virus has been detected in a mosquito in Massachusetts for the first time this year.

Targeted ground spraying will be conducted in New Bedford by the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project early Thursday morning.

The New Bedford Health Department has announced that all of the city's beaches have reopened for swimming on Friday.

Officials in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard are warning residents and visitors after a child from out of state was diagnosed with measles after his visit to the islands last week.