Health Care

The striking Saint Vincent Hospital nurses in Worcester will have their unemployment benefits fully discontinued effective the week ending Aug. 7 due to a final decision from the Massachusetts Department of Uninsurance Assistance, according to the hospital and the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Hologic, a Marlborough medical technology company focused on women’s health, announced last week it is expanding its hysteroscopy offerings.

Precision Optics Corp., Inc., a Gardner-based optical instrument manufacturer, announced its acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging, an optical imaging company located in Maine, in a Tuesday press release.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced on Tuesday it is incorporating a geothermal heating and cooling system in the New Education and Research Building under construction, which will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific announced on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to buy Baylis Medical Company Inc. for an upfront payment of $1.75 billion.

In preparation for an eventual federal approval to vaccinate kids between the ages of 5 and 11 against COVID-19, the Baker administration this week reached out to local boards of health, primary care practices and other health care providers to gauge their capacity to provide the shots and to sound out any worries.

Massachusetts’ federal rental assistance program reached a distribution milestone on Friday, making the state eligible for greater allocation of funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

UMass Memorial Health’s new Medicare Advantage health insurance plan, Mass Advantage, announced on Wednesday five hires who will make up its leadership staff.

A report conducted by Michigan nonprofit Altarum Healthcare Value Hub revealed more than half of Massachusetts residents are struggling to afford health care, according to a Monday press release from Massachusetts Medical Society.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher and biomedical engineering professor Karen Troy was awarded $463,645 by the National Institutes of Health to study the causes of foot injuries among female runners, according to a Tuesday press release from the school.