WBJ Staff

Great Wolf Lodge, a hotel and water park in Fitchburg, told the state in July it was laying off 700 workers, the largest mass layoff to hit Central Massachusetts during the coronavirus pandemic.

A group of panelists will join Worcester Business Journal on Wednesday for the next in the "Coping with COVID-19" webinar series, this time for a discussion about pivoting business operations during a pandemic on Wednesday.

Coronavirus cases in Worcester County have risen for the fifth time in the last six weeks as part of a troubling broader statewide trend.

Older adults are at a greater risk of harm from the coronavirus pandemic, but a UMass Medical School-related study says more than half of COVID-19 trials exclude that key age demographic.

UMass Medical School reached a construction milestone on Wednesday with its new Veterans Affairs care facility, placing the top steel beam into place.

Assumption University in Worcester has received a $1-million federal grant to help address a shortage of rehabilitation counselors.

Worcester health insurer Fallon Health has joined with a Bedford-based health technology firm on a new health management tool in an aim to improve care.

Researchers at UMass Medical School in Worcester have received a $3.3-million federal grant for a study on influences on those living with Alzheimer's disease.

A Fitchburg retail plaza on Airport Road has sold for just over $1.2 million.

A principal with Fiba Technologies of Littleton has paid $2 million for a post office site on the northern edge of downtown Clinton.