UMass Memorial Health

UMass Memorial Health Care is not yet in a coronavirus surge but is preparing for one as cases rise locally and statewide, President and CEO Eric Dickson said in a staffwide memo Friday.

UMass Memorial Health Care will host a forum Thursday morning on health equity, including racial disparities in health care in Central Massachusetts and elsewhere.

The coronavirus pandemic has been not only a health challenge to hospitals in Central Massachusetts and beyond, but also a financial one. Fortunately for the larger Central Massachusetts hospitals, they came into 2020 with healthy financials.

UMass Memorial Health Care has named its chair of ophthalmology as its new medical group president, effective in December.

UMass Memorial Health Care and Harrington Healthcare have finalized their merger agreement, the entities announced Wednesday, sending the proposal to state officials for regulatory approval.

The interim leader of Community Healthlink, a Worcester outpatient health center in Worcester, has been named its permanent CEO, making her the first Black leader of a UMass Memorial Health Care entity.

UMass Memorial Health Care will announce on Monday a seven-year, $500,000 investment loan to Creative Hub Worcester, a proposed arts and events center at the former Boys Club in the Main South neighborhood.

UMass Memorial Health Care had to marshal all of its resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the spring and delay revenue-generating procedures until the worst of the outbreak had passed. The Worcester-based health system, however, turned a $9.6-million operating profit in the three months ending June 30.

While people were rightfully focused on the coronavirus pandemic, as May turned to June, Massachusetts hit a public health milestone, effectively banning flavored tobacco and other smoking products, including menthol, and levying a steep new tax on vaping products.

TikTok is many things: a social media app specializing in snappy, one-minute-or-shorter videos; an opportunity for unknown citizens of the internet to go viral at a dizzying clip; a never-ending loop of practical jokes and dog videos. For some, it has become a place to learn about and commune around mental health.