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A quarter of Worcester County residents age 12 and up still haven’t gotten a first shot of COVID-19 vaccine. And, since the virus spreads much more easily among those who are unvaccinated, that group is helping to fuel the resurgence of cases coming with the Delta variant of the disease.

Burnout is nothing new in the healthcare field, but a mental health crisis among healthcare workers may be leading to startling staffing shortages as a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic threatens to overburden hospitals again.

Worcester healthcare provider UMass Memorial Health announced a plan on Wednesday to provide booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to all individuals eight months after they received their second vaccine.

UMass Memorial Health on Tuesday announced the launch of its new telehealth program, Hospital at Home, which allows patients to stay at home while receiving hospital-level services.

Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, a 110-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Worcester, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Pete Lancette as CEO.

The annual ranking by the publication U.S. News & World Report placed UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester as the sixth best hospital in Massachusetts, while Saint Vincent Hospital, also in Worcester, placed ninth.

UMass Memorial Health told staff on Wednesday it is converting the West 1 unit at the UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus in Worcester to an all-COVID unit, after the number of admitted patients quadrupled.

UMass Memorial Health on Thursday celebrated the official merger with Harrington HealthCare, which has operations in Southbridge and Webster, as well as other outposts.

The coronavirus testing and vaccine clinic being run by UMass Memorial Health at the Mercantile Center announced on Wednesday it has crossed the milestone of distributing 30,000 vaccines in four months.

The city of Worcester and its healthcare providers embraced novel approaches to handle Massachusetts’ other health crisis in a year where the coronavirus pandemic took center stage.