Health Care

Colleges in Worcester are committed to ensuring the health and safety of students and those living off campus, two top city officials are assuring the City Council.

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the world of higher education are becoming clearer, as national enrollment is dropping among graduates and undergraduates, according to a new report from The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, looking at national fall semester data, through Sept. 24.

More than a dozen cities and towns in Central Massachusetts are now included in the state's highest-risk category in the coronavirus pandemic, including four whose positive coronavirus test rates nearly double the state average.

A specialty pharmacy partnership between UMass Memorial Medical Center and Shields Health Solutions has brought significant cost savings for patients, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association's Network Open.

UMass Memorial Health Care is one of seven hospital systems in Massachusetts to make an honor roll of those best using technology to improve care.

TV and movie fans likely know him as Rudy in the football movie of the same name or as Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the actor behind those and other roles, Sean Astin, has a story to tell about his mother's bipolar disorder and will speak Wednesday night at a fundraiser for the Worcester nonprofit Shine Initiative.

Milford Regional Medical Center is now using for the first time one consistent electronic medical record system throughout the hospital and affiliated medical offices.

A UMass Medical School researcher has obtained a $2-million grant to study how fat cells differ in people with and without type 2 diabetes.

Assumption University in Worcester has named its School of Nursing after a 1977 alumnus following a seven-figure donation to the school, the college announced on Wednesday.

AbbVie has a strong record of having women and minorities in leadership positions and other places throughout the company, with women making up 51% of its executive, senior and mid-level management ranks.