Isabel Tehan

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has added a new program to close the gaps in communication that can lead to negative outcomes for those giving birth and their babies.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester had $358 million in research and development expenditures in fiscal 2022, leading the record-breaking $813-million year throughout the entire UMass system.

The average compensation for an employee on the City of Worcester’s payroll was $61,129 in 2022, which marked the first time the figure surpassed $60,000. The average pay is up 13% since 2015.

Travelers from Worcester Regional Airport will soon be able to fly direct with JetBlue to two new Florida destinations.

Biostage, a cell-therapy biotech company based in Holliston, has received $6 million in commitments from investors to accelerate its clinical development program.

Kristen Billiar, researcher and department head for biomedical research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $430,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to research how blood flow impacts engineered heart valves.

Microbiology professors Jun Xie and Guangping Gao at UMass Chan Medical School have received $74,000 from Tennessee foundation EndAxD to fund their research into a treatment for Alexander disease, a fatal neurological disease.

Boston Scientific Corp., a Marlborough medical device manufacturer with $12.7 billion in annual revenue, on Tuesday completed the acquisition of Apollo Endosurgery Inc., in Austin, Texas for $10 a share.

Mercy BioAnalytics, a life sciences company born in Cambridge and now based in Natick, has closed a $41 million Series A financing round.

As the Southeast Asian Coalition settles into new digs, its executive director arrives with big ambitions for its role in the community.