Health Care

UMass Memorial Health Care is not yet in a coronavirus surge but is preparing for one as cases rise locally and statewide, President and CEO Eric Dickson said in a staffwide memo Friday.

More than one in four cities and towns in Central Massachusetts are now in the state's highest-risk coronavirus category, as cases across Massachusetts reach their highest levels since May.

Minority groups have always been disproportionately affected by health problems — it's just that the coronavirus pandemic has made those disparities more clear than ever, Central Massachusetts health leaders said in an online forum hosted by UMass Memorial Health Care on Thursday.

UMass Memorial Health Care will host a forum Thursday morning on health equity, including racial disparities in health care in Central Massachusetts and elsewhere.

For parents and guardians of school-age children worried about how they're faring during the coronavirus pandemic, a new state website aims to provide resources for when to worry and what to do.

The Reliant Foundation is launching its annual fall fundraising appeal with a particular challenge: helping care entities help people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is expanding its sleep study lab to allow more patients to have their sleep analyzed in the comfort of their own homes.

American Family Care, which has urgent care centers in Marlborough, Natick and Worcester, will operate mobile coronavirus testing vans at area schools and businesses to help expand testing during the pandemic.

Thanksgiving is less than a month away, and with coronavirus cases spiking across Massachusetts and the country, state health officials are urging residents to limit gatherings to only people they live with or a small group of individuals they're regularly in contact with.

Marlborough's Boston Scientific reported a slight $48-million quarterly loss on Wednesday, continuing a year of financial pain for the medical device company.