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Smoke shops across the state are scrambling to figure out how to replace lost revenue after Governor Charlie Baker enacted a four-month ban on vaping products.

The father of a Westport High School student hospitalized after using a vaping device has been arrested for assaulting his son upon learning about the incident.

Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel has mandated that vaping-related illnesses be immediately reported to the DPH for the next 12 months.

The CDC is confirming the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States. CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden says the patient tested positive for the deadly disease after traveling from Liberia. Frieden says the patient developed symptoms a few days after arriving in Texas...

The CDC is out with a travel warning today as the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history continues to march across West Africa. Health officials say all non-essential travel to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea should be canceled. The death toll in that region is approaching 750, which includes one American...

The cost of caring for Americans diagnosed with some form of autism totals more than $236 Billion dollars per year. That's close to what the federal government currently pays in interest on the national debt.

The weekend death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent heroin overdose is focusing renewed attention on a dangerous drug that seems to be making a resurgence.       The most recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that the number of recorded heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled in the decade between 2000 and 2010.  ...

Flu season is ramping up, with illness widespread in at least 35 states. That's up from 25 in the previous week. A flu expert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the agency's weekly report released Friday shows ``We're in the thick of flu season.'' ...