Veteran Boston activist Aubri Esters, who led efforts to expand treatment for substance use and rights for people who use drugs, was found dead by police in her apartment on Thursday.Esters had been on methadone to treat an opioid use disorder use for at least a decade. Her cause of death is pending. She was…
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday the results of a study that evaluated community exposure to COVID-19.Of the Boston residents tested, 9.9% tested positive for antibodies, and 2.6% of those tested who were asymptomatic tested positive for COVID-19. About 1 in 10 residents in the study have developed antibodies, and about 1 in 40 currently…
Sunday's print edition of the Boston Globe contained 16 pages of death notices, a somber reflection of the growing number of novel coronavirus cases and deaths. That's more than double the number of pages with death notices as ran on the same Sunday in 2019, according to CBS News. The previous Sunday, the Globe ran 11 pages of the…
Published: July 12, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena Well over 2,000 people across the U.S. have been diagnosed with parasitic Cyclospora infections, according to the CDC and state public health officials. Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services was reporting more than 1,500 cases as of July 10. The
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Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the health risks of consuming raw milk and an outbreak of infant botulism linked to recalled formula on CBS News’ CBS Mornings and CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on July 7. Gounder also discussed allegations about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy