Monica Benevides

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester is activating its surge plans immediately across its entire network as a result of an ongoing COVID-19 case spike and an ongoing bed shortage.

Framingham retail parent TJX Cos., Inc., one of the five largest employers in Central Massachusetts, will require booster shots for its vaccinated U.S. office workforce, the company confirmed Wednesday morning.

Westborough medical technology firm Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. announced Wednesday it has successfully made its breakthrough ACL-healing technology commercially available in select cities around the United States.

Framingham renewable energy company Ameresco has acquired Ohio-based energy services company Plug Smart, Ameresco announced on Tuesday.

UMass Memorial-Harrington will not allow visitors in the emergency departments of its Webster and Southbridge campuses, the hospital announced Friday afternoon, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases.

Christmas tree farms were taken by storm last year, as shoppers jumped at the chance to partake in a relatively safe, outdoor holiday activity. Local farms sold out their stock in a fraction of the time they’d expect in a normal year.

Like many industries, the biopharmaceutical sector in Massachusetts is working to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion among its workforce, leadership, and supplier channels.

UMass Memorial Health terminated approximately 200 unvaccinated employees on Wednesday, comprising roughly 1.5% of its 15,000-person workforce, said to Dr. Andrew Karson, the healthcare provider’s chief medical officer.

UMass Memorial Health ran out of intensive care unit beds on Thursday, Dr. Eric Dickson, the healthcare provider's president and CEO said, amid near record numbers of COVID cases.

President Joe Biden announced a winter plan for combatting COVID-19 during remarks at the National Institute of Health in Maryland on Thursday, including an impending requirement for private insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests and a plea for private employers to provide paid time off for employees to get booster shots.