Health Care

NyLa Laboratories, a Worcester startup based at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, known more commonly as MBI, has received certification to open a lab for a COVID-19 diagnostic testing, according to a Tuesday announcement.

Worcester city councilors are due to vote Tuesday night on a resolution supporting hundreds of Saint Vincent...

The Worcester Business Journal is seeking suggestions for individuals to include on its 2021 Power 50 list, which is compiled annually.

Union nurses on strike at Saint Vincent Hospital have been intimidating other employees, patients and support staff – including a racist incident – the hospital is alleging as a strike moves into its second week.

People are on the move at Worcester Art Museum, Spectrum Health System, Open Sky Community services and more.

Five years ago, WBJ created its Hall of Fame in order to honor the lifetime achievements of those professionals who have significantly improved the Central Massachusetts economy and community. With the induction this year of the Class of 2021, the WBJ Hall of Fame has grown to 17 members

When the professionals who would become WBJ’s 2021 Business Leaders of the Year started their years anew in January 2020, they could have had no idea the past 15 months would end up like they did. Yet, each of them in their own way, found a path for their organizations to thrive.

Saint Vincent Hospital is facing trouble with a second union, which represents 600 workers spread among patient care assistants, critical care technicians and others. That union is expected to begin picketing Saturday along with striking nurses.

Just over two months after coronavirus cases peaked in Worcester County and across Massachusetts, progress has all but stalled in achieving further declines in cases.

Two members of the Massachusetts delegation in Congress, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Jim McGovern, are scheduled to visit Friday with nurses who've been on strike at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester.