Health Care

The City of Worcester said it will file a lawsuit against companies making and distributing opioids, seeking damages for the cost of opioid treatment and prevention.

Tufts Health Plan of Watertown, which has an office in Worcester, is extending its reach in New England in a joint venture with a Hartford healthcare system.

The Board of the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has elected two new members to three of its committees, including Kevin Grozio, Fallon Health senior vice president and CFO.

Shrewsbury home healthcare company Family Tree Home Care will continue to operate in Central Massachusetts and all its employees are expected to stay on, after the firm was acquired for $2.1 million.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday outlined a series of areas where he'd like to see the federal government and the pharmaceutical industry each get more "aggressive" in the fight against opioid addiction.

Lancaster human services agency Perkins has hired Kathleen Savage Mills as its director of research and innovation.

A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have received a $1.6-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an app for tracking chronic wounds.

Worcester human services nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation has hired longtime nurse practitioner Christine Lens as director of the Massachusetts Care Coordination Network.

Atlantic Union College, a small Christian school in Lancaster struggling with finances and a lack of accreditation, will effectively close after the spring semester.

A state legislator is planning a community forum with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to hear community concerns about the loss of services at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital.