Health Care

Fallon Health reversed a steep operating loss at the end of 2019 to come back to profitability in the first quarter of the year with a net income of $2.3 million, the Worcester insurer reported Friday.

Worcester County on Thursday recorded the highest daily change in coronavirus deaths and surpassed 500 fatalities from the disease, with 35 new deaths and 314 new cases, reversing what had been an encouraging downward trend.

Kimberly Salmon will join The Hanover Insurance Group as the company's assistant vice president of community relations, the company announced in a statement on Wednesday.

CVS Health will open two new drive-thru COVID-19 test sites in Central Massachusetts beginning Friday, the company announced on Thursday.

Three coronavirus-related research projects at UMass Medical School have received funding as part of a statewide initiative, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Worcester County recorded 30 new coronavirus deaths after Tuesday's lower numbers, and new cases surpassed 8,000, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough has earned new accreditation as both a long-term acute care hospital and an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

UMass Memorial Health Care has taken a financial beating during the pandemic as it forgoes revenue-generating procedures. But the Worcester-based system is committed to not laying off or furloughing any workers, its CEO says.

UMass Memorial Medical Center is testing about 70% of its admitted patients for coronavirus and has plans to soon test all.

Worcester County and Massachusetts are continuing a downward trend in new coronavirus cases, roughly tracing what health officials predicted would be a peak in cases.