Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.
Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion
Medical device manufacturer Hologic is going from a publicly traded company to a private business as the Marlborough-based firm is to be acquired for up to $18.3 billion.
Clark University has received the largest single gift in the Worcester school’s 138-year history, which the Worcester school will use to fund its restructuring plan announced in June that includes laying off up to 30% of its faculty.
In response to growing demand, Worcester-based Community Legal Aid has moved its Fitchburg office to a new location and will soon add an additional attorney specializing in immigration.
Throughout Central Mass., healthcare organizations, nonprofit leaders, and practitioners are working to combat a startling and unsettling rise in medical misinformation and disinformation.
UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester could receive up to $18 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a nationwide clinical study to determine if metformin, a drug used to treat high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes, can be used to treat a form of chronic, progressive lung disease.
Boston Scientific, a Marlborough medical device manufacturer, has entered into yet another half-billion-dollar purchase agreement, this time to acquire Nalu Medical, a California-based medical technology firm creating solutions for chronic nerve pain.
Massachusetts ranks among the top states where Medicare serves its residents the best, offering some of the best access to primary care providers, yet its beneficiaries experience the second-to-highest preventable hospital admissions rates in the nation.
Seven months after being indicted for allegedly stealing thousands from elderly individuals throughout Worcester and Middlesex counties, a Leominster woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to larceny, fraud, and witness intimidation.