Health Care

Seven months after being indicted for allegedly stealing thousands from elderly individuals throughout Worcester and Middlesex counties, a Leominster woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to larceny, fraud, and witness intimidation.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association, a Canton-based labor union representing nurses throughout Central Massachusetts and the state, has named Joe-Ann Fergus as its new executive director.

Framingham-based biopharmaceutical company KalVista Pharmaceuticals has added two executives to its C-suite.

Following an 18-year tenure with Worcester’s UMass Chan Medical School, John Hayes has left his position as vice chancellor for advancement to move on to a similar position at the city’s College of the Holy Cross.

UMass Chan Medical School Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins says uncertainty around federal research funding is threatening both scientific progress and the Massachusetts economy.

What sets the 2025 Outstanding Women in Business apart is how vital they are to their communities.

A bill allowing pharmacists in Massachusetts to dispense life-saving insulin in emergencies has been stuck in the State House since 2019, and advocates are frustrated after running into legislative dead ends for six years.

Briscoe joined providers advocating for legislation sponsored by committee co-chair Rep. Marjorie Decker and Sen. Robyn Kennedy (H 359 / S 251) that would require public and private health insurers to cover the cost of services offered by community health workers.

A two-story medical and professional office building on Worcester’s Belmont Street near the campus of UMass Chan Medical School has sold for $2.29 million.

Crews were working Thursday morning to move a 13,000-pound, three-tesla GE 3T SIGNATM Hero MRI into the Shields MRI at UMass Memorial building at 214 Shrewsbury St.