Todd Kerensky, MD, weighs in on the behavioral health challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic during the holiday season--and how patients can get help--in the Patriot Ledger.

Effective July 22, 2026, we will transition to a new communication platform designed to make it easier to stay connected to your care. This platform, named Hello World, is an Epic application that supports secure two-way text messaging and improved phone and email between patients and South Shore Health.

For Patients and Families of South Shore Hospital: During your stay, we will ask you to designate one family member to be the single point of contact with whom we discuss your care. Your physician will contact this designated care partner once a day and additionally as needed for clinical changes...

The FDA has approved a new flu medication in the form of a single-dose pill. South Shore Hospital's Todd Ellerin, an infectious disease expert, spoke with ABC News and weighs-in on the new drug.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns to “Say No To Raw Dough!” South Shore Health's, Dr. Todd Ellerin, spoke with ABC News and weighs in on the warning.

There are now 62 confirmed reports of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, an illness similar to polio, across 22 states in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. South Shore Hospital's Dr. Todd Ellerin recently spoke with ABC News about this rare syndrome.

The new GE Ascend CT scanner, the second of its kind in the U.S., uses artificial intelligence and is designed to improve workflow and patient comfort, while providing superior image quality.

With multiple human cases in Massachusetts and infections reported in two other states, Dr. Todd Ellerin discussed EEE with ABC World News Tonight.

South Shore Medical Center has changed procedures in order to keep our patients and staff safe as concern around COVID-19 grows.

When she felt the first contractions at 11:15 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Renai Townsend thought she had time to get to Boston to deliver her second child. “I thought they were Braxton Hicks contractions, which I had before,” she said. Renai called her parents to come over to watch her 2-year-old son, Will...