Health Care

There are more local options for women when it comes to issues of timing, such as the retrieval, freezing and preservation of ovarian eggs for later fertilization.

An Oxford-based manufacturer of CPAP machines cleaning devices, SoClean, is being purchased by a Toronto-based health care firm.

Worcester Business Journal's annual Economic Forecast issue gives us a chance to take a step back and reflect on everything that happened in the past year, which we use to predict what will come for the Central Massachusetts business community in 2018.

The United Health Foundation dubbed Massachusetts America's healthiest state. But challenges remain, including a high rate of drug overdose deaths and preventable hospitalizations.

Worcester-based Community Healthlink is one of six grant recipients across the state to receive funding from a new program designed to improve opioid addiction treatment and recovery.

Nearly one in 10 Bay State residents were underinsured this year, according to a new state report.

Nurse staffing plans at Massachusetts hospitals in 2018 are available for public viewing online, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association announced Tuesday.

An independent group of ear, nose and throat surgeons has signed an 11-year lease for 7,000-square-feet of space at 100 MLK Jr. Blvd. in Worcester.

It would be an "abomination" for Congress to stop funding health insurance for children, according to a top official at Boston Children's Hospital who joined U.S. Sen. Ed Markey Monday to rally support for a program at risk of running out of money.

RXi Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage drug company based in Marlborough, announced positive results from a clinical trial of its lead drug candidate, RXI-109.