Health Care

Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC (APDerm), a regional dermatology clinic headquartered in Ayer, announced on Thursday it would open its 31st location on Grove Street in Worcester, according to a press release from the organization. 

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester said on Thursday it has no available intensive care unit beds throughout its entire system due to increased patient volume and staffing shortages, said UMass Memorial spokesman Anthony Berry.

The president of Saint Vincent Hospital medical staff, Dr. Bogdan Nedelescu, signed an open letter Wednesday on behalf of the hospital staff urging striking nurses to come back to work as the number of COVID-19 patients surges.

Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., a Worcester addiction treatment nonprofit, announced Tuesday it was awarded two contracts from the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, according to a Tuesday press release from Spectrum.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. announced Monday a clinical trial for its TheraSphere cancer treatment successfully met both of its primary endpoints.

Akoya Biosciences, a Marlborough bioscience company, has appointed Dr. Myla Lai-Goldman, who has worked extensively in diagnostics and is the chair and co-founder of GeneCentric Therapeutics Inc. of North Carolina, to its board of directors, according to a Wednesday announcement.

Marlborough-based medical device maker Boston Scientific announced on Tuesday it has entered an agreement to acquire California anti-blood clot technology maker Devoro Medical, Inc. of California.

Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation announced on Monday the opening of its new behavioral health center, Seven Hills Child & Family Behavioral Health, on Gold Star Boulevard in Worcester.

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Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner and Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will require students, faculty, and staff to have been vaccinated against COVID-19, starting in January.