Monica Benevides

The President Joe Biden Administration will distribute four free at-home COVID-19 tests to every residential address that signs up through a new website launched Tuesday.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has named two new people to its executive leadership team, the healthcare provider announced on Monday.

The City of Worcester delivered on Thursday a cease-and-desist order from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to an unlicensed pop-up COVID testing site at 1 Rice Square, the city said on Thursday.

MassDevelopment has issued a $6 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Lancaster nonprofit Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, Inc., a portion of which will be used to replace artificial turf on five soccer fields in the town, as well as repair roads and pathways. 

Worcester nonprofit healthcare organization Fallon Health will cover at-home COVID-19 tests for its Medicare members, according to a Thursday announcement, even though a federal requirement for private insurers to cover such tests, which goes into effect Saturday, doesn’t include Medicare patients.

Notre Dame Health Care Center of Worcester’s home division announced on Wednesday it will begin offering palliative care for adults living with serious illness.

Reliant Medical Group of Worcester has been recognized by the American Heart Association for gold-level achievement in three clinical quality programs related to reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke, the healthcare provider announced on Monday.

The filing comes just days after a 301-day nurses strike ended at Saint Vincent, during which WBJ estimates the company spent, at minimum, $31 million over the course of the work stoppage. 

In a Tuesday public health advisory, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health clarified its recommendations related to who and when people infected with and/or exposed to COVID-19 should undergo testing.

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, in Fitchburg, announced on Tuesday the forthcoming launch of a new Racial Equity Grant Program, which will officially open on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.