Health Care

SALMON Health and Retirement celebrated the opening of its new Medway facilities, Whitney Place and The Willows at Medway, according to a press release on Monday.

Citing a month-to-month coronavirus case count which tripled from June to July and again from July to August, the City of Worcester announced on Friday a revived mask mandate for all indoor private common spaces in workplaces and indoor private spaces open to the public.

After launching collaboration in Worcester County, Tufts Health Plan, a nonprofit health insurer headquartered in Watertown, is expanding its partnership with Brooklyn-based community healthcare provider Cityblock Health to benefit Tufts Health Unify members in Middlesex and Suffolk Counties, according to a Wednesday press release.

Mary Hsieh, the former managing director of Medicare practice at Michigan-based Health Management Associates, was appointed CEO of the new Worcester-based Medicare Advantage health plan, Mass Advantage, according to a press release on Thursday.

The Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis on Thursday released the first statewide emergency department report, revealing trends in emergency department use among Massachusetts acute care hospitals.

Marlborough diagnostic company Immunovia, Inc. announced on Monday it has acquired a global license from the South Korean company JW BioScience’s intellectual property portfolio, granting Immunovia global commercial rights for two biomarkers.

Milford Regional Medical Center was awarded by the American Heart Association for its commitment to treating stroke...

As part of its residence life team’s onboarding process, Anna Maria College in Paxton included a mental health training for resident advisors, according to a Monday press release from the college.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will once again offer free medical administrative assistant training, as well as a free nurse assistant/home health aide program later this fall and early in spring.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has seen an increase in COVID-positive patients from 35 to 54 cases in less than one week, forcing the hospital to go on an elevated alert status, according to a Tuesday press release.