UMass Memorial Medical Center

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 Medical Center in Worcester is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments, according to a press announcement Wednesday.

A blood shortage around the country, following a decline in blood donations over the Memorial Day weekend, is impacting UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

UMass Memorial Health of Worcester announced on Tuesday it helped create a new TeamBirth partnership with Wellesley insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Boston health center Ariadne Labs to launch a new initiative at the UMass hospitals in Leominster and Worcester, aimed at improving maternal health and birth outcomes.

None of the leaders struck a celebratory tone, noting the conviction of one police officer was not equivalent to beating back systemic racism.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Center and North Brookfield Savings Bank.

UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest employer in Central Massachusetts, plans to have all of its health providers vaccinated against coronavirus by mid-February, a period of roughly two months.

Four hospitals in Central Massachusetts received an A for safety in twice-a-year reviews by a national group on Monday.

With cases rising sharply again, hospital officials planning for the winter are hoping that low hospitalization and death rates will continue, as a consequence of both a better understanding of the pandemic and a much younger population getting sick.