Isabel Tehan

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will receive a public assistance grant of $4.3 million to reimburse the school for COVID-19 tests administered between May 2020 and December 2021.

A UMass Chan Medical School pathology professor received $460,000 in grant funding to improve the flu vaccine for older adults, in order to provide longer-lasting immunity.

TheracosBio, a Marlborough-based drug manufacturer, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a new type 2 diabetes treatment.

The financially embattled Family Health Center of Worcester has a new permanent chief financial officer, Yinka Fadahunsi, after four months with the interim replacement for Jose Diaz de Leon.

PG Collaborative will allow entrepreneurs of color to come together, build relationships organically, and problem-solve issues unique to them.

As healthcare inequities remain a persistent and pressing issue, the identification of ways the healthcare system can make future-focused moves to address them is top-of-mind at Commonwealth Medicine.

Framingham clinical research firm Alira Health has promoted Annabel de Maria to the newly created role of chief patient officer, effective immediately.

As part of its five-year effort to mandate patient-to-nurse ratios at hospitals, the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union has teamed with members of the state legislature – including the representative from Leominster – to introduce new legislation, which they say is in response to a long-term healthcare access crisis in the state.

Ricky Williams, winner of the 1998 Heisman Trophy and cannabis advocate, will be at Worcester’s Major Bloom dispensary on Sunday to sign autographs and meet fans.

MetroWest Center for Independent Living in Framingham is looking for a permanent replacement after the unexpected death of longtime executive director Paul Spooner in October.