Health Care

The Worcester economy has bounced back to a sluggish end to 2015 with a second strong quarter, with the area adding jobs and the unemployment rate dropping to 4.5 percent, according to the Worcester Economic Index (WEI).

Cape Medical Supply has acquired New England Medical Homecare of Auburn as the Sandwich-based company expands into Worcester County and the Central Massachusetts market.

Telemedicine is opening doors to treating patients throughout Massachusetts.

MassHealth and Medicare each provided primary health insurance coverage for more than 1 million Massachusetts residents from December 2013 to March 2016.

The license of Gardner-area doctor Robert B Shepherd, D.O. was suspended by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine in an emergency meeting.

Heywood Hospital and UMass Memorial Medical Center have received nearly $1 million in combined funds as part of a telemedicine pilot being conducted by the state.

UMass Memorial Medical Center has received a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts distinction for its spinal surgeries.

Milford Regional Medical Center has been recognized for its treatment of infants exposed to drugs or alcohol while in the womb.

UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital has opened a new surgery clinic that will allow for treatment of common forms of skin cancer right in Leominster.

Framingham biotechnology firm Alzheon Inc. announced Monday that in 2017 it will begin registering patients for the final phase of human trials for of a pill to treat Alzheimer's disease.