Health Care

In July 2019, Jim Way and his wife, Marilyn, opened one of the few poké restaurants in Central Massachusetts, offering the unique food bowls typically made up of raw fish and fresh vegetables.

At a critical juncture, the state vendor charged with handling annual health insurance enrollment inquiries is faltering, prompting the Massachusetts Health Connector to agree to spend millions of dollars more to try to salvage customer services operations this fall.

Coronavirus cases in Worcester County have risen for the fifth time in the last six weeks as part of a troubling broader statewide trend.

A UMass Medical School professor and department chair, Dr. Robert Finberg, was among 17 people named to Massachusetts' new Vaccine Advisory Group, the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Wednesday.

Massachusetts state officials have updated guidelines for testing and flu vaccine requirements at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

A new state public awareness campaign aims to encourage people to check in with their friends and loved ones and remember that there may be "more to the story" when it comes to someone's mental health.

A panel of public health experts and elected officials is poised to recommend sweeping legislative action to address the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate impacts across demographic groups, but their ideas could be clouded by the state's shaky economic footing.

Older adults are at a greater risk of harm from the coronavirus pandemic, but a UMass Medical School-related study says more than half of COVID-19 trials exclude that key age demographic.

Assumption University in Worcester has received a $1-million federal grant to help address a shortage of rehabilitation counselors.

Worcester health insurer Fallon Health has joined with a Bedford-based health technology firm on a new health management tool in an aim to improve care.