Health Care

The number of patients discharged, a common measure of how much a hospital is utilized, continues to fall at some Central Massachusetts hospitals.

The Texas-based owner of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham paid no federal income tax in 2018, according to a report Monday by the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy.

Boston Scientific has won regulatory clearance for what it says is the first disposable duodenoscope, a device inserted through the mouth so doctors can look into the small intestine.

UMass Medical School and GE Healthcare Life Sciences will open a new facility next year to manufacture material used in preclinical research.

UMass Memorial Health Care narrowed its annual loss to $10 million in fiscal 2019, selling a stake in a pharmacy management firm to help bring in needed revenue.

The Massachusetts Health Connector Authority board voted unanimously to update its minimum creditable coverage regulations to index deductibles.

State marijuana regulators on Thursday eased their ban on vaping product sales.

Marlborough-based GE Healthcare Life Sciences has signed a research and development and distribution partnership with a Kentucky health software and equipment company with a goal of personalizing tissue regeneration.

A schizophrenia drug under development by Marlborough pharmaceutical firm Sunovion has been shown in a study to provide meaningful improvements to patients, the company said Thursday.

The Massachusetts Public Health Council approved new regulations on Wednesday restricting the sale of nicotine vaping and flavored vaping and tobacco products, a step coming weeks after the state Legislature and Gov. Charlie Baker took similar steps of their own.