Health Care

Worcester County coronavirus cases hit 4,227 Friday, with 10 new deaths reported, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Cases within Worcester County had a large uptake in coronavirus cases with 342 new cases Thursday. The total number of cases in Worcester County is now 3,798, according to Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.

Several of the leading medical experts who developed the state's controversial plan to ration access to life-saving equipment like ventilators if the surge of coronavirus patients overwhelmed the hospital system say they no longer believe those standards will be necessary.

Efforts to limit COVID-19 in Massachusetts through a "test and trace" approach could require the state to boost its testing capacity from the current range 5,000 to 8,000 tests per day to 10,5000 to 17,000 tests daily, according to a new report.

Worcester County had 10 new reported coronavirus deaths Wednesday and 115 new cases overall, according to new Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.

Westborough healthcare information technology firm eClinicalWorks has been in unprecedented demand during the coronavirus pandemic. The firm's telehealth product has been used for more than 10 million minutes through the first 10 days of April, good for a million minutes a day.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has opened a new clinic for expecting mothers who've tested positive for coronavirus or are under investigation for it.

UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester will receive a $120,000 grant from the Trustees of The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation of Boston, to be earmarked for implementing telemedicine technology in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the healthcare provider announced on Tuesday.

Boston Scientific Corp., the medical device manufacturer based in Marlborough, signed a virtual power purchase agreement with Clearway Energy Group of San Francisco, the company announced on Tuesday.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an extra $320 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, the original $349-billion forgiveable loan program for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which ran out of money after less than two weeks.