Health Care

For the first time in the 13 years that Chris White has served as the head of Road To Responsibility in Marshfield, the multi-service provider is putting people on waitlists to get into programs that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Worcester's top taxpayers included a couple large players in the downtown block near Worcester Common, as well as several utility companies.

UMass Memorial-Harrington will not allow visitors in the emergency departments of its Webster and Southbridge campuses, the hospital announced Friday afternoon, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, Bryley Systems, Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union and more.

UMass Memorial Health terminated approximately 200 unvaccinated employees on Wednesday, comprising roughly 1.5% of its 15,000-person workforce, said to Dr. Andrew Karson, the healthcare provider’s chief medical officer.

UMass Memorial Health ran out of intensive care unit beds on Thursday, Dr. Eric Dickson, the healthcare provider's president and CEO said, amid near record numbers of COVID cases.

President Joe Biden announced a winter plan for combatting COVID-19 during remarks at the National Institute of Health in Maryland on Thursday, including an impending requirement for private insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests and a plea for private employers to provide paid time off for employees to get booster shots.

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Department of Health confirmed 4,838 new COVID-19 cases, and 25 COVID deaths, marking the highest COVID case numbers reached in one day in the state since Jan. 22.

With state officials reviewing Mass General Brigham's proposed ambulatory care expansion and on the heels of a House vote for legislation that would add a new layer of oversight to hospital expansions, the health system is making its case directly to television viewers through an ad touting the project.

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