Opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts declined by 10 percent in the first nine months of 2017 when compared to the same time period last year, the Department of Public Health reported Monday.
Southcoast Physicians Group, with a loss of $64.2 million, suffered the largest loss by dollar amount of all physican organizations in the Commonwealth during the 2016 fiscal year.
DARTMOUTH - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is defending his staff after a recent report showed that suicides among inmates in his department were more than double that of houses of correction in other Massachusetts counties.
The report from WGBH says that since 2006, Bristol County has had 50% more suicides in their jails than Suffolk County, and more than twice as many as Essex and Worcest
As parents prepare to begin their Christmas shopping, local public advocacy group MASSPIRG presented the findings of their 31st annual Trouble in Toyland survey of toy safety Tuesday.
After a year and a half of research and study, the Diocese of Fall River Task Force on Catholic Education has released its final report which was presented by Bishop Edgar da Cunha Friday at Holy Trinity School in Fall River.
Plymouth County Sheriff's Deputy James Creed is speaking out after a report released on Wednesday by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office called the shooting of Taunton Stabbing Rampage suspect Arthur DaRosa "lawful" and "justified."
A report recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found 48 people died in New Bedford in 2015 as a direct result of an opioid overdose.
A new report released by the Conservation Law Foundation entitled "New Bedford, Massachusetts Environmental Justice in the Twenty-First Century" focused on some environmental concerns that continue to impact the City of New Bedford.