Reliant Medical Group of Worcester on Monday opened its new Oncology & Infusion Center in Worcester, moving the service out of the Saint Vincent Wellness & Cancer center in downtown Worcester.
Employees in public-facing jobs or working outside their homes who contract COVID-19 would be presumed to have caught the virus at work and eligible for workers compensation benefits under legislation aired at a public hearing Tuesday and knocked for its likely negative impact on insurance rates.
Opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts rose by 5 percent in 2020, marking the first increase in three years and climbing to a level slightly higher than the previous peak in 2016.
Medical device manufacturer ReWalk Robotics, of Marlborough, announced Tuesday it had reduced its losses in the first quarter of the year and has $67.4 million in cash.
More than 4 million adults in Massachusetts have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose after steady progress over the weekend, while most measures of the virus's impact continued to improve ahead of another reopening step starting Monday.
Looking back over the past year, Erica Grinkis, owner of Leominster eateries The Gazbar and Central Cup, reflects on how operations changed but management remained the same when the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.