BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts is expected to unveil the toughest restaurant menu labeling rules in the United States on Wednesday, requiring fast-food chains to list how many calories are in the food they sell in a bid to combat obesity. The state's Public Health Council is expected to vote on Wednesday on regulations making fast-food chains list the calorie counts ...

A Massachusetts college is shutting down for several days after 100 students and staff were sickened by a virus that causes a type of stomach flu. Students and faculty have been afflicted with severe nausea and vomiting at Babson College in Wellesley, just southwest of Boston. State Department of Health spokesman Tom Lyons says the norovirus is "miserable" but isn ...