The state Department of Public Health says that the mosquito-borne illness was confirmed in a man in his 60s from Middlesex County who required hospitalization.
T.V. ads featuring people sharing their perceptions about driving under the influence are rolling out as part of a campaign targeting men aged 18 to 34.
In response to the confirmed human case of EEE in southern Plymouth County, the Town of Marion is closing all town owned property until further notice.
In its latest quarterly report on opioid overdoses, the Dept. of Public Health said deaths declined by an estimated five percent over the first quarter of 2017.
The number of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts has increased each year since 2010, but new figures from the first half of this year offer some signs of motion in the opposite direction.
State public health officials say a woman has died of West Nile virus, the second fatality this year.
The Department of Public Health said Thursday it was the sixth human case of West Nile virus in Massachusetts this year. The woman was not identified, but officials say she was a Suffolk County resident in her 90s who likely contracted the virus in the Suffolk County area...