September 24, 2020 | 1:39am A Massachusetts man died last year from eating an excessive amount of black licorice, doctors said Wednesday. The unusual case was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, detailing how the man consumed a bag and half of the candy every day for two weeks prior to his death.…
Massachusetts health officials report 178 new COVID-19 cases, 14 additional deaths The Department of Public Health reported an additional 178 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and confirmed 14 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Tuesday, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,331.In addition to the total of 108,740 confirmed cases in Massachusetts, state health…
Massachusetts health officials report 273 new cases of COVID-19, 19 additional deaths The Department of Public Health reported an additional 273 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and confirmed 19 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Sunday, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,310.In addition to the total of 108,380 confirmed cases in Massachusetts, state…
Mary Altaffer This Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 photo shows male mosquitos at the the Vosshall Laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York. SOURCE: Mary Altaffer SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice Massachusetts health officials report season’s first EEE positive mosquito sample Massachusetts health…
coronavirus.Officials also confirmed another 664 cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases to at least 96,965 since the pandemic began. The new positive cases are based on 10,334 tests reported on Sunday.As of Sunday, a total of 6,846 people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak in Massachusetts. Of…
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have