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🔒With enrollment at 10-year lows, Central Mass. public colleges see big things from free tuition plan

Enrollment has hit a 10-year low at all five of the state universities and community colleges in Central Massachusetts, with a considerable drop between fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2023.

U.S. Marine veteran to take over Worcester, MetroWest hospitals as chief nursing officer

Tenet Healthcare has named a new chief nursing officer to oversee its hospitals in Worcester, Framingham, and Natick, while its former nursing executive departs to take on a role at ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School.

Heywood Healthcare scales back urgent care operations at Gardner location

Heywood Urgent Care and parent company Heywood Healthcare, which has filed for bankruptcy, are dialing back urgent care offerings at the 266 Main St. location in Gardner. Starting in December, the office will no longer accept same-day walk-in patients for the general public.
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Abbvie to acquire Waltham cancer firm and its drug for $10B

Chicago-based biotech giant AbbVie, which has a large bioresearch facility in Worcester, will acquire Waltham’s ImmunoGen and its flagship ovarian cancer treatment drug in an more than $10-billion transaction.

ReWalk Robotics to use AI to help people walk

Marlborough-based ReWalk Robotics, a firm that develops assistive walking devices, has added artificial intelligence capabilities to its next prototype.

Anna Maria picks three new board members to help strengthen curriculum

Anna Maria College in Paxton has added three new members to its board of trustees, who come with expertise in the realms of health and human services, fire science, and public safety, areas the college sees as points of strength for its curriculum.

Worcester detox facility opens mental health unit

Florida-based Haven Health Management is expanding its substance abuse treatment facility in Worcester with a new unit focused on providing mental health care.
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Hanover Insurance names new division president

Stephen Marohn has been named president of specialty property and casualty for the Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester. He will lead several groups at the insurance company, including excess and surplus business, specialty industrial business, and specialty general liability.

Boston Scientific closes $850M acquisition of back pain treatment tech firm

Marlborough medical device and technology firm Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of a Minnesota-based medical company and its chronic low back pain treatment technology.
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