Health Care

Worcester insurer Fallon Health has joined in a partnership with a Utah-based health technology company to identify and support high-risk residents across Massachusetts.

New House telehealth legislation aims to incorporate lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into the state's health care system, according to Majority Leader Ron Mariano, who said he expects representatives to vote on the bill this week.

Since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests throughout the world, YWCA Central Massachusetts has seen increased interest in its Racial Equity Education workshops.

In Massachusetts, it's all but impossible to top any hospital ranking if you're not Massachusetts General Hospital or Boston Children's Hospital.

Worcester County reported 155 new coronavirus cases between July 10 and Thursday, with 14 new fatalities, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

ReWalk Robotics of Marlborough has secured an insurance code for its ReWalk personal exoskeleton from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Harrington Hospital's Southbridge and Webster campuses have been recognized for their stroke care by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

A Rite Aid store in Clinton is one of three such locations in Massachusetts and 258 sites in 15 states nationwide where the public can stop by for coronavirus screening and testing.

UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester is using a grant to help diagnose retinal diseases in a new partnership with the digital health company AEYE Health.

Black and Hispanic residents in Worcester County have been infected by coronavirus at proportions multitudes higher than white residents, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.