Health Care

Opioid-related overdose deaths fell nearly 11% compared to last year in the first six months of 2019, according to new Massachusetts Department of Public Health data released Wednesday.

A new report out Tuesday flags "priority" areas with the greatest concentrations of people without health insurance in Massachusetts, suggesting strategies to reach those who remain uncovered despite the state's low uninsurance rate of 2.7 percent.

Start an employee wellness program and you'll save money, have healthier and more productive workers, and less turnover.

The new head of Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center determined her ideal job as a young process engineer at a pharmaceutical production site.

Pinnacle Home Healthcare Services Inc. and its owner, Pauline Mwangi, have agreed to pay $162,000 in a...

A UMass Medical School professor and researcher has been given a president award for his work on skin disorders. 

UMass Memorial Medical Center said Thursday it has reached an agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

Central Massachusetts hospitals make up four of the top 10 statewide for the highest rates of emergency room visits attributable to opioids, according to new Massachusetts Health Policy Commission data.

Saint Vincent Medical Group in Worcester has opened a new family practice location in Sterling. 

UMass Memorial Community Healthlink in Worcester on Monday reported a data breach of two employee email accounts from April.