Health Care

Worcester county is one of three counties in Massachusetts and eight across New England to be hit by the broadest array of opioids: prescription opioids, heroin, and prescription–synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.

Hologic Inc., the Marlborough medical technology company, announced it has completed the $205-million sale of its Cynosure medical aesthetics division to an affiliate of New York City investment fund.

Reliant Foundation, a Worcester charity, has awarded $674,770 in grants to 50 health organizations in its most...

Two pharmacists convicted of approving shipments of false prescriptions at a now-closed Framingham compounding center, which killed dozens of patients, avoided jail time.

They’re called deaths of despair – suicide and addiction, including alcoholism and opioids. They’re taking a major toll in Massachusetts and nationwide, and public health officials and lawmakers will continue their fights against these problems in 2020.

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Cannabis, Polar Park, The Reactory, Worcester Regional Airport - Here is what we think will happen in 2020.

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new drug application to quickly treat Parkinson's disease motor fluctuation episodes, the Marlborough company said Friday.

A new outpatient healthcare facility in Westborough is among new care centers being planned by Somerville-based Partners HealthCare.

Worcester County is one of three counties in Massachusetts, eight across New England and a relative handful nationally to be impacted by the broadest array of opioids: prescription opioids, heroin, and prescription‐synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.