BOSTON — Boston’s public health commissioner says more than 6,000 people got flu shots at nearly two dozen free clinics across the city. More free clinics are scheduled.

BOSTON — While adults and children flooded clinics Friday, there’s news that a child under 6 who had the flu has died.

BOSTON — The changes are estimated to save up to $20 billion over the next 30 years.

BOSTON — WBUR’s Martha Bebinger sets out to find the best colonoscopy in Boston.

BOSTON — Officials say there have been 6,000 laboratory confirmed cases of flu in Massachusetts and 18 flu-related deaths.

A study of the former Patriot’s brain revealed abnormalities consistent with the degenerative brain disease CTE when he committed suicide last May.

BOSTON — We speak with Dr. Donald Berwick, a Newton pediatrician and one of the country’s top health experts, about his potential run for the Corner Office.

BOSTON — The law bars protests in 35-foot “buffer zones” around abortion clinic entrances, exits and driveways.

BOSTON — Four sisters who claimed their breast cancer was caused by synthetic estrogen their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s have reached a settlement with the drug company Eli Lilly and Co.

BOSTON — There have been about 700 confirmed cases of the flu in Boston, compared with 70 all of last year.

BOSTON — Patrick is calling for a special commission to study and recommend possible reforms in dental insurance coverage.

BOSTON — Harvard professor David Hemenway says gun control can be considered a public health issue.

BOSTON — The proposed regulations follow last year’s deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a Framingham pharmacy.

BOSTON — The New England Compounding Center sent a letter to UniFirst Corp. demanding that it take legal responsibility for claims against the pharmacy.