Health Care

To better represent its patient population, the board of directors at the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center has made an effort during the past three years to diversify and include a greater variety of perspectives under the leadership of chair Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham.

Amid the long-term labor battle with the striking members of the Massachusetts Nurses Union, Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has named Tim Clark as its new chief nursing officer, the hospital announced on Friday.

A Worcester State University-hosted vaccine clinic run by Saint Vincent Hospital is closing June 10, after administering over 83,000 coronavirus vaccines, Saint Vincent announced on Thursday.

With business restrictions surrounding the coronavirus now lifted, three business leaders from Fitchburg, Upton and Millbury discuss the special challenges they faced in overcoming the extra hurdle of starting a new business during the pandemic

Wall Street ratings agency Fitch Ratings of New York has affirmed Umass Memorial Health Care, Inc. of Worcester is a healthy organization in a stable financial position, according to a Wednesday report.

This summer, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will offer a fully-funded administrative medical professional training program.

Framingham-based Clinical Enterprise, Inc., a Eurofins Scientific company, announced Thursday it has been awarded a U.S. government agreement to expand national COVID-19 testing.

Concierge Physical Therapy has opened its second location in Shrewsbury and is currently accepting patients.

Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer based in Marlborough, has been granted European approval for a single-use bronchoscope, which is a camera inserted into the airway all the way to the lungs.

Early data in a trial, run in part at UMass Medical School in Worcester, for adolescents indicates the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has a 95% efficacy with no serious safety concerns to date for individuals aged 12 to 17, as the pharmaceutical company works to receive approval for the vaccine’s widespread use in children.