Isabel Tehan

Five life science companies with significant operations in Central Mass. were among the 43 firms across Massachusetts chosen to split $24.4 million in tax incentive awards.

UMass Memorial Health intends to shut down its maternity ward at the HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus this fall. Legislators and the nurses union oppose the proposal.

After closing key facilities and operating on mere hours of cash, the Family Health Center of Worcester is in a more stable financial position, in part due to higher insurance reimbursements.

Dignity Hospice Care in Framingham has been acquired by Art Kalenjian, the CEO of Advanced Home Care, a Massachusetts-based senior care provider.

Girls Inc. of Worcester will restore its programming for its summer camp session on June 26. All programming was previously suspended when members of the organization’s leadership were placed on administrative leave after allegations of racially discriminatory treatment of employees and program participants.

SALMON Health and Retirement, a Milford-based senior living organization with locations across Central Massachusetts, has named Shawn Neville as its chief operating officer.

Living in Freedom Together, a Worcester nonprofit organization aiming to end the sex trade, is no longer led by its founder, Nicole Bell.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new combined test that can detect influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and coronavirus.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts in April fell slightly for the second month in a row, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Jean King, the dean of school of arts and sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been named to a top council at the National Institutes of Health.