Health Care

Spectrum Health Systems, a Worcester addiction treatment nonprofit, has treated 40 people in an isolated unit that provides medically supervised detoxification and clinical stabilization services for clients who have tested positive for COVID-19, at its Westborough campus.

During an interview on the WBJ Podcast, the executive director of Mechanics Hall in Worcester says the historic venue will reopen at some point, despite closing on June 19 and saying it might not be able to afford to reopen until 2021.

March of Dimes Central Massachusetts in Worcester announced significant changes to its auction format on Wednesday, saying it will hold the events online and donate items to local neonatal intensive care unit nurses in lieu of sending them home with the highest bidder.

For the entire month June, Worcester County reported a total of 1,332 coronavirus cases and 153 deaths, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 

UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, which used internet-based medical appointments rarely before the coronavirus pandemic hit, has now held more than 100,000 such telehealth visits.

Research spending at UMass Medical School in Worcester hit $282 million in fiscal 2019, a jump of 12% from four years prior.

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council sees the state's life sciences industry as more important than ever, with what it says are more than 85 companies working on tests, treatments and vaccines related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Massachusetts recorded no coronavirus related fatalities Tuesday, the first time it did so since March, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.  

Worcester County had 18 new coronavirus cases and three fatalities Monday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 

Physician groups, hospitals and nurses told senators Monday that as policy leaders prepare for a possible second wave of the coronavirus in the fall the state should be thinking about how it can play a role in ensuring personal protective equipment isn't in short supply.