Health Care

After watching the COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on local public health systems, Senate leaders this week will propose investing $250 million in federal relief money to begin to restructure public health infrastructure in a way top lawmakers and advocates hope will ensure cities and towns are better prepared for the next health crisis.

Three professors from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester received grants from the $800,000 Scholarship in Action, which aims to support Worcester-based research and partnership with the community, according to a Tuesday press release from the college.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic, Inc., announced Tuesday the launch of a new device designed to address abnormal uterine bleeding.

UMass Memorial Health -- Harrington Behavioral Health Department announced Friday it has opened a new Adult Psychiatric Unit at its Webster campus on Thompson Road.

Alira Health, a tech-based healthcare service headquartered in Framingham, announced on Thursday it has acquired BePATIENT, a French health company.

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester has notified patients of a privacy incident last year potentially compromising personal data, in a notice distributed to those impacted by the data breach.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. released its third quarter earnings report on Wednesday, which revealed a profits of $419 million.

The City of Worcester was awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize, according to a Tuesday press release from the New Jersey-based foundation.

UMass Memorial Medical Center's chief of endovascular and vascular surgery, Andres Schanzer, MD., was appointed president of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, according to a Wednesday press release from the Worcester hospital.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, supported by the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative, is in the research process of bringing over-the-counter home COVID-19 tests to the general market, according to a Wednesday press release.