When people hear the words “rabbit fever,” most probably imagine a hunter somewhere in the woods handling a wild rabbit. It ...

Health officials said bathing in bacteria-contaminated water can result in gastrointestinal illness and infections.

Suffolk County health officials confirmed a fourth case of tularemia this year.

The third floor of Hibernian Hall in Roxbury was packed to the brim Thursday evening with Suffolk County constituents looking to catch a glimpse of their next district attorney. It was the crowd that ...

Suffolk County officials are pushing two new state laws to crack down on Medicaid fraud. One would reward tipsters, and the ...

A "fever" of stingrays — hundreds of the migrating marine creatures — was caught on drone footage last week. The annual ...

County Executive Ed Romaine signed legislation into law on Thursday that will further protect residents from two dangerous ...

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As Lyme disease cases continue to rise, a new home test designed to detect Lyme disease-causing bacteria in ticks is set to ...