Health Care

UMass Medical School in Worcester received a $1.7 million grant to develop a nutrition-based treatment for Crohn’s disease, focusing on the increasing prevalence of the illness in Puerto Rico.

Definitive Healthcare of Framingham announced on Monday it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares.

Hologic, a Marlborough-based medical technology company, announced Monday that Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will cover the company’s Acessa procedure, which treats uterine fibroids, according to a press release from Hologic.

In a Tuesday press release, Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester said it guarantees a job to all striking nurses who want one, while retaining all the replacement nurses hired earlier this month.

UMass Medical School was ranked 39 among Massachusetts’ best employers in Forbes’ 2021 edition of America’s Best Employers by State list.

UMass Memorial Health on Monday announced the acquisition of the former Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at 378 Plantation St. in Worcester, which cost $23.5 million, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

The new program at UMass Memorial Health offers hospital-level care to patients in their own homes, using virtual monitoring systems and at-home visits from healthcare professionals.

A quarter of Worcester County residents age 12 and up still haven’t gotten a first shot of COVID-19 vaccine. And, since the virus spreads much more easily among those who are unvaccinated, that group is helping to fuel the resurgence of cases coming with the Delta variant of the disease.

With the exception of certain municipalities taking the matter into their own hands, the lack of government direction on masks has left individual business owners and management to decide for themselves whether or not to require face coverings.

The Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) has provided health insurance to Massachusetts students for decades, while its more recent Student Health Insurance Plan Premium Assistance (SHIP PA) program helped control premium costs. However, declining student participants and rising premium costs led to the elimination of SHIP PA.