Health Care

When the Senate meets on Thursday, Democratic leaders expect to pass a bill that would seek to address the threat of a shortage of doctors to care for coronavirus patients by allowing a variety of advanced practice nurses to treat patients without the supervision of a physician.

Confirmed coronavirus cases across Massachusetts hit 1,838 on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Public Health, including 129 in Worcester County.

Even with trips to the grocery store not as convenient or advisable as in normal times, eating healthy is still critical and easy enough, said Lisa Gibbs, a dietitian at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester.

Holliston biotechnology firm Harvard Bioscience, Inc. has developed a new technology to provide researchers with real-time access to aerosol amounts deposited inside subjects' lungs, the company said in a press release.

Major Central Mass. construction projects like the $132-million Polar Park stadium are expected to continue even as non-essential businesses are shut down.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute employees have mobilized to help provide medical providers with emergency supplies amid the COVID-19 crisis, the school announced in a press release this week.

The bill includes hundreds of billions of dollars for emergency loans to small businesses.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Massachusetts made their largest single-day jump on Tuesday since the pandemic started, topping 1,100 total cases, according to the state Department of Public Health.

In Washington, D.C., federal lawmakers and the White House appear to be approaching agreement on a coronavirus economic stimulus package worth nearly $2 trillion and for many in the finance world, it can't come soon enough.

The Worcester Together fund already has awarded $70,000 through nine grants.