Health Care

In the two weeks since UMass Memorial Medical Center held the grand opening of its $220-million acute-care facility the North Pavilion, the top executive of Central Massachusetts’ largest hospital is seeing it begin to alleviate the strain on its emergency department. 

Massachusetts could receive more than $100 million as part of a tentative new settlement between attorneys general, Purdue Pharma and the company's controlling Sackler family that reshapes some of the previous liability terms rejected by the nation's highest court.

The largest nonprofit health care system in Central Massachusetts said Wednesday that it thinks it can help the communities around the closed Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has launched an educational program providing high school students early exposure to the career fields of health, science, and racial health disparities research.

UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital has been selected to participate in a nationwide fellowship program to create early detection programs for Alzheimer’s disease. 

Marlborough-based manufacturer Hologic has been issued a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Confronting the strained primary care workforce and state residents struggling to get basic preventive care, Massachusetts health regulators recommend reducing administrative burdens, growing the talent pipeline and expanding investments.

Employees at the Worcester Housing Authority, Clinton Savings Bank. and the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts are making strides in their careers.

Every year starting in October, WBJ asks its readers to vote on the best companies in Central Massachusetts in a variety of categories, ranging from law firms and incubators to golf courses and restaurants.

As mental health disorders continue to be a mounting issue both state and nationwide, a new research company working to advance clinical trials for behavioral health indications has opened its doors in Worcester.