Health Care

Worcester County had 22 newly reported coronavirus deaths over the weekend, bringing the total so far to 114.

Friday easily marked a new high for a single-day increase in coronavirus cases in Worcester County with 262, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Ten more coronavirus deaths in Worcester County were reported Thursday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as the statewide case total topped 30,000.

Tenet Healthcare, the Dallas-based company that owns Saint Vincent Hospital, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association union have not been able to come to an agreement over the response plan to the coronavirus pandemic at the hospital, particularly over training of nurses who may be assigned to other units.

To help promote social distancing and to aid in limiting the spread of the coronavirus, Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge is now offering telehealth appointments for a variety of healthcare services, the provider announced in a press release on Wednesday.

Worcester County had by far its highest single-day coronavirus death total Wednesday, with 17 newly reported deaths bringing the county's total to 74.

Two and a half months after the first confirmed case in Massachusetts, and as the total number of COVID-19 cases passes 28,000 and the number of deaths from the virus approaches 1,000, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday the surge of COVID-19 patients Massachusetts has been preparing for has arrived.

Hologic has suffered what it calls a significant negative impact from the coronavirus pandemic, forcing the Marlborough medical device company to withdraw its financial guidance for the year.

RxAdvance, a Southborough pharmacy benefit manager, is planning a major expansion this summer into a new building allowing a more than doubling of its staff size.

A Framingham biotechnology company has begun blood-based antibody testing for coronavirus, a step that could eventually help experts better determine who has been exposed to the virus or developed an immunity.