Jason Laughlin

Massachusetts' cases of the food-borne parasitic infection that has made the phrase “explosive diarrhea” trend on social media are likely not part

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Two years ago, the Massachusetts Legislature gave state health officials a pointed directive : Tell us how to create a system of professional legal

Two dozen countries have statutes that provide leniency for mothers who kill a child during the postpartum period. The US is not among them.

Massachusetts cases of cyclosporiasis , a parasitic infection that causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms , have spiked, with 104 new cases reported in July.

Lindsay Clancy's defense in her triple-murder trial hinges on a dangerous and often misdiagnosed condition that afflicts a small minority of birth mothers: postpartum psychosis.

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McLean, now under the spotlight because of the Clancy trial, has been a Massachusetts mainstay for more than two centuries.

For help with postpartum mood disorders, contact Postpartum Support International at www.postpartum.net or call or text 800-944-4773.

A propane leak caused an explosion that killed two people at a home in Vermont this weekend, Vermont State Police reported.