Health Care

Six new coronavirus-related deaths in Worcester County were reported Wednesday, bringing the county's total in the pandemic to 30, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration will direct another $800 million to the Massachusetts health care industry, supplementing $840 million in previously announced assistance as the state works to bulk up its front line of defense against the forthcoming COVID-19 surge.

Worcester County death toll from the coronavirus rose to 24 on Tuesday, as reported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, with a total of 1,172 total confirmed cases.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and Harrington HealthCare's location in Webster are receiving part of a $2.3-million donation toward Massachusetts coronavirus relief efforts made by the MAPFRE Foundation.

The CVS Health-operated COVID-19 testing center in Shrewsbury has closed in favor of a rapid-testing site at a store in Lowell, the company co-announced with Gov. Charlie Baker's office on Tuesday.

When the coronavirus pandemic has forced business closures across Massachusetts and beyond, certain industries were hurt far more than others. But no industry has been untouched.

Worcester County had its 17th reported coronavirus-related death Monday, as well as an uptick in cases after a few days of relatively smaller increases.

The global coronavirus pandemic has upended significant swaths of the economy in Massachusetts and the relatively-young legal marijuana industry is no exception.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences of Marlborough, no longer part of Boston conglomerate General Electric, now has a new name and logo.

Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO and president of UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, joins the podcast to talk about all the efforts the hospital system is making to deal with the anticipated spike in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks.