Health

Baby Saige of New Bedford has a rare liver disease and needed a transplant. Now the community is coming together to raise money for her medical bills.

Meeting Street/Schwartz School is holding its 'Endless Summer' fundraiser on June 8 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Kilburn Mill in New Bedford.

Learn more about kidney cancer and how Southcoast Health can help patients overcome it.

The first school-based health center on the SouthCoast will open next month at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fall River.

New Bedford Community Health Center CEO Cheryl Bartlett said she doesn't think COVID will ever disappear, but will become more aligned with the flu.

Darcy Lee, the program's director, says the Samaritan Hotline received more than 33,000 calls last year, and is on line to receive 40,000 calls in 2024.

Carl Alves of Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction says the opioid problem has gotten worse but there are more opportunities for treatment available.

The Our Bodies Our Lives Coalition is focused on a number of reproductive health issues, including abortion services, transgender health and maternal care.

Tournaments in lawn bowling and croquet were held at New Bedford's Hazelwood Park this year, and officials raved about greens, calling them 'world class.'

With flooding in Central Massachusetts and the arrival of Hurricane Lee, the Red Cross was responding to it all.