Flu season is ramping up in Massachusetts. Will this year be worse than last? Dr. Jason Tracy, Chief of Emergency Medicine at South Shore Hospital, recently spoke with the Patriot Ledger and weighs in on the health impact.

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 Jersey Department of Health confirmed 18 cases of adenovirus among pediatric residents at a nursing and rehabilitation facility. Of those children, six have died. South Shore Hospital's Dr. Todd Ellerin spoke with ABC News about this rare virus.

Many high school students are reluctant to smoke cigarettes, but some young people mistakenly believe that inhaling from an e-cigarette is a safe alternative to smoking, according to Dr. Michael Jaklitsch, a lung expert and thoracic surgeon at South Shore Hospital. Read the Weymouth News story.

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.

The Friends of South Shore Health System hosted an Alice in Wonderland-themed Croquet Classic – raising more than $22,500 for pediatric programs. Learn more.

South Shore Health’s Peter E. Paull, MD, associate director of the Department of Medicine, is the co-winner of the 2019-2020 Mark Aisner, MD Award for Excellence in Teaching Physical Diagnosis. The prestigious award was established in 1988 by Tufts University School of Medicine colleagues, former...

On March 17, 2022, our health system and its colleagues suffered a terrible loss. South Shore Hospital’s Chief of Medicine Robert K. McIntyre, MD, passed away in an apparent diving accident off the coast of Florida. Along with being an extraordinarily talented and gifted physician who cared deeply...

Effective immediately, South Shore Health (South Shore Hospital, South Shore Medical Center, and Health Express) will only conduct COVID-19 tests on patients requiring admission to the hospital or are at high risk and for healthcare workers that are in contact with a positive patient and become...

More than 400 people attended the spectacular event, held October 21 at Union Point in Weymouth.