COVID-19

State House News Service reported $3 million in public funds was cut from the Massachusetts FY2025 budget for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C testing and prevention.

We are wrapping up the fifth summer season since COVID-19, and people are still getting sick, with some dying from the virus.

Four years ago, New Bedford and the rest of the world began shutting down over the COVID-19 pandemic. One person took it too far too early.

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.

New Bedford Community Health Center CEO Cheryl Bartlett would like to see a more moderate and reasonable response to COVID this time around.

While evidence of the pandemic has largely faded from view on the SouthCoast, there are still lingering signs – literally and figuratively – that it was real.

We can now look back and assess New Bedford's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. How does it compare to how the city handled the 1918 'Spanish Flu' pandemic?

As the holidays roll on and winter enters its second week, respiratory illnesses are increasing across the country — and the SouthCoast is no exception.

A $75 gift card will be offered to Massachusetts residents who get vaccinated at any of the special clinics being held across the state.

Southcoast Health clinics in Dartmouth, Fall River, and Wareham are now offering the COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines updated for better protection against the Omicron variant of the virus, the health group announced Thursday.