Health Care

UMass Memorial Health Care is planning a public COVID-19 vaccination site in Marlborough that could start giving doses as soon as Monday.

Milford Regional Medical Center has named a former Beth Israel Deaconess executive as its new chief medical officer.

Three Central Massachusetts hospitals are part of a new state initiative announced Wednesday targeting COVID-19 vaccine distribution in communities hardest hit by the pandemic.

Registered nurses at Milford Regional Medical Center have voted to unionize and become part of the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Unionized nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital have moved a step closer to walking off the job, giving the Worcester hospital a required 10-day notice of an intent to strike starting March 8.

The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center was thrown into upheaval early last year by the coronavirus pandemic just like virtually every other workplace. Unlike many others, though like a lot of other healthcare providers, it was never afforded a chance to close for any length of time to recalibrate.

Ethan Lutz has been serving as an emergency medical technician in Worcester for the last four years. When the coronavirus pandemic was ravaging New York City last spring, the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent him to Queens, N.Y., to help.

People are on the move at Clark University, Country Banke, AAFCPAs and more.

New coronavirus cases in Worcester County have dropped by roughly three-quarters in five weeks' time, continuing a promising fast decline in cases after worrying numbers around and just after the holidays.

With winter weather disrupting life across the South and a storm headed to Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday he and other governors have requested permission to send the National Guard to Kentucky and Tennessee to pick up and bring back the states' next batches of COVID-19 vaccine doses.