Health Care

Members of the Public Health Council raised concerns with the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant Wednesday as they decided to delay a vote officially rescinding state mask regulations that are no longer in effect.

Immunovia, Inc. in Marlborough received final regulatory approval to begin patient testing with a new pancreatic cancer diagnostic test, according to a press announcement on Tuesday.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester announced Wednesday the reopening of its command center, citing the rise in COVID-19 cases, bed closures, and staffing shortages in its announcement.

EmpiraMed Inc., a digital health technology company in Maynard, was chosen by Happify Health to perform a clinical trial of a prescription digital therapy to treat depression and anxiety, according to a Tuesday press release.

Marlborough health technology company Hologic announced on Wednesday a partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network to address racial disparities in health care.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new single-use bronchoscope made by Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific, the company announced on Tuesday.

UMass Medical School in Worcester announced on Wednesday it plans to require that all faculty, staff and students receive the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 7, after which those who are noncompliant will have their ID badge deactivated.

In the last week, 2,232 fully vaccinated people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health said Tuesday, representing more than one-third of all cases in that time based on the state's seven-day average of new cases.

After face mask mandates were largely lifted this spring as the coronavirus pandemic seemed to be subsiding, they are returning to Central Massachusetts as both the City of Worcester and Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Tuesday announced they would once again require masks.

UMass Medical School in Worcester was among several groups to release on Tuesday a set of principles taking aim at racism in medical education and healthcare organizations.