Health Care

One bill filed last year by Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester), would require any public company headquartered in Mass. to have at least one female board member by the end of 2021.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.

A core effort will be engaging businesses, and asking them to write specific language in their human resources policies banning employees from buying sex.

UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital announced Thursday it had ratified a new labor contract with the 219 members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, who work as the hospital.

Massachusetts is making continued progress on cutting down on the number of opioid-related deaths, according to the latest quarterly report from the state Wednesday.

The risk of contracting coronavirus in Massachusetts remains low, Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said Tuesday.

Attorney General Maura Healey is suing e-cigarette and vaping giant Juul "for creating a youth vaping epidemic" by specifically gearing its marketing towards young people.

Senate President Karen Spilka and Sen. Julian Cyr helped roll out a significant reform bill Thursday that seeks to improve access to care by identifying gaps in the mental health system, enforcing equity laws and requiring insurance coverage for many emergency services.

Marlborough medical technology company Hologic has launched a new diagnostics system for medical laboratories.

Worcester Business Journal on Saturday night received eight awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association's Better Newspaper Competition, running the gamut from coverage of the cannabis industry to honors for investigations, feature writing, an editorial cartoon and Columnist Renee Diaz.