WBJ Staff

UMass Medical School has received a major boost in federal and private research funding since the coronavirus pandemic began.

A new study led by a UMass Medical School student has found delirium is a frequent symptom among older adults who test positive for coronavirus.

The Town of Westborough has closed on a $2.3-million purchase of 66 acres of conservation and recreation land off Eli Whitney Street.

Rockland Trust, a fast-growing South Shore bank that opened its first Worcester branch early this year, is now adding a second.

Construction has begun on a 500-unit self-storage facility at the former Gatto's Flower Shop and Greenhouses on James Street in Worcester.

A moving company has sold its former Townsend site for nearly $2.4 million to a pair of buyers from Harvard.

Cinch I.T., a Worcester-based information technology firm, is planning up to 12 new locations across the country next year as the need for remote tech support has ballooned during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Framingham Sheraton, a landmark known for its castle-like facade just off the Massachusetts Turnpike, is headed to auction next month.

Two Worcester organizations have received a total of $66,400 in state funding to help reduce the spread of coronavirus in communities of color in the cities hardest hit by the pandemic in Massachusetts.

Hologic has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an HIV test the Marlborough manufacturer says is the first in the country that can be used for both diagnosis and viral load monitoring.