Health Care

Physicians in training at UMass Medical School have voted to unionize, joining a nationwide group that announced the vote on Tuesday.

As Massachusetts enters the second month of March to be shaded by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people here who have been fully vaccinated is roughly equal to the number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 over the last year.

Gov. Charlie Baker is optimistic that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine approved for emergency use over the weekend will accelerate the effort to get more Massachusetts residents protected against COVID-19, even if states will face a gradual ramp-up in delivery.

Fallon Health had a strong 2020, the Worcester health insurer reported Monday, with an operating profit of $63 million for the year.

Saint Vincent Hospital is preparing for a potential nurses strike but won't let the prospect of having to call in staffing help keep it from covering shifts at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Worcester State University.

Worcester County has surpassed 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a somber milestone less than a year after the pandemic first hit the region.

Kaycha Labs, a marijuana testing company based in Fort Lauderdale, has announced a new lab in Natick...

ReWalk Robotics has announced a $40-million private placement it intends to use to bolster sales, marketing, product updates and research and development. 

Southborough life sciences firm Veristat has acquired British contract research company SQN Clinical in a move the company says will allow it to expand its European capacities.

UMass Medical School has reached its highest ever ranking of a closely watched industry tally of federal research funding for medical schools after the amount it took in nearly doubled in one year.