Health Care

Mount Wachusett Community College, armed with a $3.2-million federal grant for the next five years, will help create pathways to a healthcare education and career for 85 local students.

A nurse working at a Milford nursing home will serve four years of probation and six months of home confinement for stealing prescription painkillers.

UMass Medical School had nearly 4,000 applications for 161 seats this fall, and its enrollment has spiked in the past decade.

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In just two years as chair of ophthalmology at UMass Memorial, Dr. Shlomit Schaal has added eye surgery, new locations and two optometrists.

Research by a UMass Medical School professor has found breastfeeding may reduce the risk of stroke in postmenopausal women.

In the 2018 WBJ 40 Under Forty class announced Monday, nine Central Massachusetts health professionals from organizations like UMass Memorial Health Care, Boston Scientific and Ascentria Care Alliance were among the winners.

With this year's WBJ 40 Under Forty, you see the people who could turn the cultural renaissance from a well-started idea to a full-blown reality.

Fallon Health of Worcester hit a new high of more than 277,000 members in the second quarter, a period in which it also reported a $2.8 million net profit, it announced Wednesday.

Despite reporting just $58,000 in second-quarter revenues, Marlborough drugmaker RXi Pharmaceuticals was able to significantly reduce its net loss, reduce its cash burn and extend its runway.