Health Care

The new emergency facility will be located at 490 Main St. in Groton, according to a statement from UMass Memorial

Health care workers are facing increasingly dangerous and violent situations in hospitals, the three health care organizations all testified. In the 16 years since a version of this bill was first introduced, incidents of assault on workers have grown significantly.

The Turning 22 program, which has its largest class to date and helps young adults move into adult services, features an increasing share of participants on the autism spectrum.

As human service workers called for her removal Monday and held up posters decrying proposed budget cuts, Department of Mental Health Commissioner Brooke Doyle defended plans to lay off case managers in an effort to redirect resources to inpatient services.  

Framingham Union Hospital will close one of its neonatal intensive care units for newborns with critical health needs on June 10 as the hospital’s operator, MetroWest Medical Center, cites declining utilization and staff retention difficulties. 

UMass Memorial’s expanded department will be led by Mario Florez, UMMH’s new vice president of community health and caregiver belonging.

A Worcester-based non-emergency medical transportation company and its owner have been indicted for alleged patient abuse and participating in a MassHealth fraud scheme.

The AGO alleges between August and November, Henaku stole the bank cards of at least 16 elderly victims.

Conifer Life Sciences has opened at the Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives.

Mariano told top pharmaceutical and biotech leaders at MassBio's "State of Possible" conference that the House would drop the idea that the governor put forward in her $62 billion annual budget bill in January.