Health

Samaritans Southcoast launches Fall River pilot program for seniors as 988 Lifeline drives major suicide declines in Bristol and Norfolk counties.

The Tyler J. Leonard Memorial Foundation funds programs promoting suicide awareness, youth mental health, and new peer support initiatives like Westport’s Hope Squad.

United Way of Greater New Bedford provides free produce via Mobile Markets and offers Changemaker Grants to help improve SouthCoast neighborhoods.

The free Full Bloom Festival in Fairhaven will include yoga demonstrations, live music, food trucks, arts and craft vendors, pony rides, bounce houses and more.

Today is American Diabetes Association Alert Day, a day to focus on the seriousness of diabetes, take the risk test and learn your family's history of diabetes.

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.