Health

The New Bedford Health Department is preparing for Public Health Accreditation. Over the next several months, the Department’s accreditation readiness team will connect with select community partners to coordinate a series of key interviews, designed to engage and gather input from the community regarding the leading health issues, service gaps, …

In a 20 hour period between 10-11 February, there were four overdoses in New Bedford according to the New Bedford Police Department. All survived and received treatment. – At 5:57am on Sunday, 51-year old woman on South Street apartment – At 11:25am on Sunday, 50-year old man on Elm Street …

Come join us on February 7th @ 5:00pm inside New Bedford’s First Unitarian Church! The International Cannabis Physicians’ Association will be throwing its 3rd educational seminar, “Toss The Script” – Transforming Your Health with CBD – which will include medical professionals from all over as keynote speakers! So, if you’d …

On February 10th, New Bedford’s annual “Love Your Heart” Day will offer free blood pressure screenings to residents at more than a dozen participating sites from 9:00am-1:00pm. Communities and neighborhoods throughout the City of New Bedford will once again join a growing national movement to “Love Your Heart” on February …

America is all about diversity, choice, and freedoms. We are also about food – there is always a spot to get something to drinks or eat right around the corner. The term foodies originated here and debates, discussions even arguments about who makes to best burger, pizza, steak, et al …

Community leaders and stakeholders from around Bristol County who are in the fight to end the opioid crisis are convening at the Holiday Inn, Taunton for a half-day forum on November 7th from 8:30am to 1:00pm. The Bristol County Regional Alliance is a coalition of individuals and organizations who are …

During a press conference this morning at St. Luke’s Hospital, local nurses, healthcare providers, elected officials, and community leaders from New Bedford came together to discuss their united opposition to Question 1, citing the widespread impacts government-mandated staffing ratios would have on the region and their patients’ ability to access …

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has notified the New Bedford Health Department of the finding of West Nile Virus in a primarily bird-biting mosquito sample obtained in the area of Rural Cemetery, located at 149 Dartmouth Street in New Bedford. The mosquito is of the curiex pipiens/restuans complex …

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has notified the New Bedford Health Department of the finding of West Nile Virus in a primarily bird-biting mosquito sample obtained in the area of Oak Grove Cemetery, located at 185 Parker Street in New Bedford. The mosquito is of the curiex pipiens …

The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes. Under the program, mosquito traps are put in place …