Health Care

Framingham healthcare intelligence company Definitive Healthcare Corp. announced Robert Musslewhite’s appointment as the firm's first president, in a Thursday press release.

BioLife Plasma Services, part of the Japanese biopharmaceutical company Takeda, will open its first Massachusetts plasma center in Worcester on Saturday, with plans to open an additional facility in Medford in the spring, the company announced on Wednesday.

Eight women from around Central Massachusetts have earned the honor this year.

In September, Mary Hsieh became the first CEO of the newly created Mass Advantage, the insurance offered by Worcester healthcare provider UMass Memorial Health and its partners.

People are on the move at Greater Worcester Community Foundation, North Brookfield Savings Bank, Reliant Medical Group, and more.

When employers set wages, a lot of factors go into the decision. They ask themselves a variety of questions, including what they can afford, what is industry standard, what’s the market rate for the position, and, in some cases: Is this a living wage?

During a September town hall meeting, UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson, stressed the importance of caregiver vaccinations and described possible termination for staff who remained non-compliant with the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The range of substances that are slowly coming to be more widely known as "forever chemicals" are often used in the manufacturing of pizza boxes, candy wrappers, bakery bags and other food storage containers.

Natick cancer treatment company Affylmmune Therapeutics, Inc. announced Thursday it has closed a $30-million Series A+ funding by ORI Capital Limited to advance a cancer treatment study.

Three weeks after the state's Health Policy Commission recommended strengthening accountability measures aimed at keeping health care cost growth in check, commissioners and staff on Wednesday explored what some of those steps might look like.