Health Care

Aquarion Water Co., a subsidiary of Eversource Energy of Boston, will pay a penalty of $13,500 for violating drinking water regulations in the Town of Oxford, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.

Following an historic $15-million pledge in February by UMass alumni Dan and Diane Casey Riccio, their eponymous neuroscience fund will support four projects in 2022.

Worcester insurer Fallon Health has named an executive from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as a real estate and finance leader, to its board of directors.

Marlborough-based Boston Scientific Corp. will pay California medical device manufacturer Nevro Corp. $85 million to settle all intellectual property litigation between the two companies.

House and Senate negotiators struck early morning agreements Monday on sports betting and mental health access but will keep a significant economic development bill in conference committee as they continue to wrestle with an existing law that could trigger nearly $3 billion in tax relief this year.

A corporation registered to two orthodontists purchased a medical professional building at 604 Main St. in Shrewsbury for $6 million on Friday.

The site of the Worcester Surgical Center at 300 Grove St. has sold for $9 million to a local orthodontist and entrepreneur Sam Alkhoury.

Workers at the unionized Starbucks location in Worcester went on strike Monday, in protest over a suite of benefits the corporation is rolling out to non-unionized workers.

Amid high demand for registered nurses across the healthcare industry, Assumption University in Worcester will offer a post-bachelor’s accelerated nursing track through its Froelich School of Nursing beginning in June.

Friday, Aug. 5, is the last day to nominate someone deserving of recognition for Worcester Business Journal’s 14th annual Outstanding Women in Business awards.