Monica Benevides

Dr. George Abraham, a professor of medicine at UMass Medical School in Worcester, has been named president of the American College of Physicians, the school announced on Friday.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday took issue with two provisional license applications for prospective businesses looking to open in Natick and Gardner for using identical language in their diversity plans.

Beacon MedTech Solutions in Lancaster, formerly known as Built Rite-Reliance & LSR Engineering, announced in August it has named Michael McGee as its new president.

Charlton-based AMCOMM Wireless, which at times operated stores across Central Massachusetts, has sold its remaining five stores to BeMobile, a Verizon-authorized cell phone retailer based in North Dakota, the local business announced on Wednesday.

You can ask almost anyone and they’ll tell you it’s true: The skilled trades has a workforce shortage.

Two adult-use Worcester cannabis shops will celebrate their grand openings on Saturday.

Rentschler Biopharma, a contract development and manufacturing organization headquartered in Germany, broke ground on Wednesday on a new production facility adjacent to a current production site it operates in Milford, expected to be operational in late 2023.

Alexander Petroff, an assistant professor of physics at Clark University in Worcester, has been awarded a five-year, $601,423 award from the National Science Foundation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new single-use bronchoscope made by Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific, the company announced on Tuesday.

UMass Medical School in Worcester announced on Wednesday it plans to require that all faculty, staff and students receive the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 7, after which those who are noncompliant will have their ID badge deactivated.