Health Care

Researchers at UMass Medical School in Worcester have received a $3.3-million federal grant for a study on influences on those living with Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who graduated from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester in 1962, spoke with a group of students on Wednesday, urging them to keep hope during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus pandemic has been not only a health challenge to hospitals in Central Massachusetts and beyond, but also a financial one. Fortunately for the larger Central Massachusetts hospitals, they came into 2020 with healthy financials.

Marlborough pharmaceutical company Sunovion announced on Monday the commercial launch of KYNMOBI, a drug aimed at treating OFF episodes in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Marlborough medical technology company Hologic will partner with the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Black Women’s Health Imperative on a multi-year project aimed at reducing breast cancer screening disparities for Black women.

The two largest Central Massachusetts cities, Worcester and Framingham, remain in the state's highest-risk category for the coronavirus pandemic, as cases across Massachusetts ticked up at the end of September.

A Marlborough manufacturer of body sculpting products has transitioned to manufacturing N95-equivalent masks.

UMass Memorial Medical Center has sold a trio of apartment buildings behind its Memorial Campus in Worcester to a property management and investment company with an office in Worcester.

The Worcester health and human services nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation has received nearly $77,000 from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office to help its clients with employment and legal help.

A study from an institute in which the UMass Medical School is a member has raised concerns about a federal rule regarding how non-residents receive coronavirus and other care.