Isabel Tehan

Marlborough-based drug manufacturer TheracosBio has named Brian Connelly as its new president and CEO.

Worcester-based behavioral healthcare provider Community Healthlink has received a $208,000 grant from the City of Worcester for its Shower Program, which is part of CHL’s Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project.

The executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, Shawn Collins, will vacate his role by the end of the year, exacerbating problems at the already under-fire state agency based in Worcester.

Worcester Community Action Council is using $250,000 in funding to launch a pilot program providing basic income to 52 participating households.

A UMass Chan Medical School professor and assistant vice provost for health equity has been elected as president of the American Society for Cell Biology.

A UMass Chan Medical School student group helping asylum seekers in Greater Worcester has become formally affiliated with the Worcester school and has now received nonprofit status, opening it up to more grant funding and participation in research.

Marlborough-based Boston Scientific plans to construct a new facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota, a spokesperson for the biotechnology and manufacturing company confirmed Thursday.

The Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging is running back-to-school programming starting in August, an initiative part of the Worcester organization's new Grandparents Raising Grandkids Resource Center.

Community Healthlink in Worcester has received a slice of $519,457 of MassDevelopment funding announced Monday, in order to remake its cafeteria.

Local unemployment rates are up approximately half a percentage point across Central Massachusetts labor markets.