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District Attorney Robert Galibois and Cape Cod Healthcare are collaborating on a program to improve response and follow-up, which will rely on more intensive use of a database. The effort has already been successfully modeled in Plymouth County.

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, a group of chemicals that have been linked to serious health impacts.

The number of reports of sexual exploitation crimes against children on Cape Cod, the Islands, Bristol County and Plymouth County went up 46 percent in 2024.

Last month, Healey announced her initial plan to shutter the Pocasset Mental Health Center by the end of the year over state budget concerns. The 16-bed facility serves adults on Cape Cod and the Islands in need of mental health stabilization.

Children's Cove doesn't just deal with the aftermath of sexual abuse. They're also in the business of prevention. And recently, they've ramped up those efforts.

There have been no confirmed cases of transmission of bird flu from human to human. Public health agencies want to keep it that way and have issued some common-sense guidelines.

Cape Cod residents and public officials are urging Governor Maura Healey to reverse a decision that would shut down one of the region's only in-patient mental health facilities.

Outpatient services offered on Cape Cod Healthcare's Falmouth campus will move to a new location in Falmouth.

The town is working with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to remediate the site.

Local experts suspect bird flu.