Health Care

Notre Dame du Lac Assisted Living in Worcester has completed a $3.2-million renovation including updated kitchenettes, brighter lighting and new single studios with private bathrooms.

Worcester's two community health centers, which more often treat low-income or vulnerable populations, treated more than 57,000 patients in 2018, totaling nearly 315,000 visits, according to a new report.

More than one-third of households in Massachusetts with health insurance had an unexpected medical bill in their family in 2019, according to a new survey by the state's Center for Health Information and Analysis.

Screenings for breast and prostate cancer fell precipitously during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, indicating the potential danger health leaders have warned about, with patients potentially not receiving other needed medical care during the health crisis.

Confidence levels among Massachusetts employers rose for the fourth straight month and spilled into positive territory for the first time since before the pandemic, according to index results released Tuesday reflecting a survey of more than 140 employers.

UMass Memorial Health Care opened a new COVID-19 vaccine site at downtown Worcester's Mercantile Center on Monday in the latest step to dole out as many vaccines as possible.

The testing and vaccine center will be run by the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center.

Oxford Immunotec, a diagnostics company based in both Marlborough and the United Kingdom, has entered a memorandum of understanding to bring its research-use-only T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 to South Korea.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Center and North Brookfield Savings Bank.

The Worcester State University campus will be used as a major-scale COVID-19 vaccination drive, Worcester officials announced Thursday.