Health Care

Venture Community Service has named a new vice president to oversee operation of 44 sites throughout Massachusetts.

Milford Regional Medical Center announced late Friday afternoon it plans to discontinue offering inpatient pediatric services.

Clinical-stage drug company RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp. reported on Thursday it has kept its ongoing cash burn in line with projections while moving development programs forward and closing in on a recently announced acquisition.

Holliston's Biostage will need to raise more money to get to human trials of its bioengineered organ implants to treat throat cancers as its third quarter losses exceed $3 million with a little over $6 million left in cash on hand.

The second-largest healthcare provider in the state is making moves to extended outside of its Eastern Massachusetts stronghold through a new partnership with a 200 physician independent practice association based in Central Massachusetts.

A state commission says it is working to measure the impacts associated with Steward Health Care Network's proposed acquisition of a 200-physician independent practice association.

The value of the parent company for Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham dropped more than 25 percent in morning trading on Wednesday.

In a move that Southborough's Veristat says will strengthen its ongoing offerings expansion, the company has a new chief medical officer.

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance will kick off a series of information sessions next week in Worcester.

The board of directors at Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services (SYFS) has named two co-executive directors.