Health Care

American Red Cross of Central and Western Mass. has named Springfield nonprofit leader Nia Rennix as its new executive director, the organization announced on Thursday.

The city of Worcester has had 98 new coronavirus cases in the past week, its highest number since early June, showing a rise in cases just as most colleges are beginning their fall semester.

MassBay Community College’s practical nursing program has been ranked first in the state by a nursing advocacy organization.

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster, an agency for children and adults with complex learning challenges, has been awarded a $12,000 grant to help students with readiness for college.

Central Massachusetts hospitals are bringing home a range of awards for the care they offer.

It isn't just humans who are susceptible to coronavirus. Many animals are, too, including some that are endangered, according to a study involving UMass Medical School researchers.

Milford Regional Medical Center has secured state approval for a maternal continuing care nursery, allowing it to offer higher-level care for babies.

The interim leader of Community Healthlink, a Worcester outpatient health center in Worcester, has been named its permanent CEO, making her the first Black leader of a UMass Memorial Health Care entity.

In August, UMass Medical School in Worcester was tasked with working to address the problem of nearly 4 out of 5 coronavirus-related deaths coming in nursing homes.

Bars, concert venues and sport arenas won't fully open to the public in Massachusetts until there is a vaccine, or a treatment, for COVID-19. But if one were to be approved in the fall, or winter, who would be immunized first? And who would administer it?