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Earlier this year, many health experts dared to hope that the pandemic might be approaching an end in the United States. The Delta variant is a reality check.

Advocates are hoping new rules that make it easier to vote by mail in Massachusetts could significantly boost turnout in dozens of preliminary elections slated for this month.

Public health experts say it’s time to recalibrate our expectations once again. The coronavirus might very well be around for good, and it's time we accept that.

Despite measures to make up for lost revenue, many primary care practices are still struggling.

In the 1980s, then Mayor Ray Flynn led a movement to change the Boston School Committee from an elected body to one appointed by him.

Science is learning a lot about how trees deliver benefits to people's minds and bodies. But not everyone shares equal access to these benefits.

Disability rights advocates are hoping this will be the year that more students with intellectual disabilities will get access to college classes. To do that, lawmakers have to pass House Bill 1331.

Thursday is the transitional day between the stormy weather and a return to sunshine. By the end of today, temperatures will be in the upper 60s and skies will have at least partially cleared.

Science is learning a lot about how trees deliver benefits to people's minds and bodies. This story is the second of three segments that aired this week on Morning Edition.