Isabel Tehan

The Guild of St. Agnes, a nonprofit childcare profit childcare agency, opened a new child care and early education center in Worcester in collaboration with Worcester State University on Thursday.

Biopharmaceutical company Mustang Bio has sold its 27,000-square-foot development, manufacturing, and testing facility in Worcester to a Boston firm specializing in cell-and-gene therapy for $11 million.

A new white paper report from the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union using Occupational Safety & Health Administration data shows the rate of illness and injury to healthcare workers increased substantially during the coronavirus pandemic, and the study makes the claim that workers in the healthcare field were the most harmed in 2020.

Entrepreneurship for All, a national nonprofit startup accelerator, has received a $25,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to increase its capacity to support Greater Worcester inclusive entrepreneurship, including its Spanish-speaking business accelerator program.

Girls Inc. of Worcester has named an interim CEO in an effort to restore its programming that was suspended when its CEO and COO were placed on administrative leave amid allegations of racial discrimination.

AdCare Hospital in Worcester has named Brian Stoesz as its new CEO.

Of the 21 corporate sponsors who initially signed on as Founding Partners for the Worcester Red Sox ahead of their inaugural season, 16 have so far committed past the initial three-year term to renew their relationship with the team until at least 2025.

CVS Pharmacy has reached an agreement with state Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office to pay $6.15 million to settle allegations it failed to follow prescription pricing procedures in several Massachusetts locations, including Worcester.

A former Girls Inc. of Worcester employee began a lawsuit against the organization and its CEO for discriminatory treatment in January 2022, more than a year before top leadership were placed on administrative leave amid program closures and a petition was launched claiming widespread racial discrimination at the nonprofit.

Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state emergency allotments end and the costs of food continue to rise.