Health Care

The UMass Medical School and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will offer expanded medical coverage for veterans at the UMass Medical School in Worcester despite pulling plans for a 100,000 square foot new construction.

UMass Medical School will take the fight against the ongoing opioid crisis within prison walls through a new health collaborative with a focus on bringing evidence-based treatment for substance abuse and Hepatitis C to prisons and jails, the school announced Wednesday.

Small business and medical device industry officials say a pair of provisions in the just-struck Congressional deals on tax credits and spending bode well for job production in Massachusetts.

A Westborough startup developing a treatment for a common parasitic infection was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), one of six grants issued through the state-backed investment agency's Universal Partnerships program.

Fallon Health of Worcester has brought on Jill Lebow as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, the health care insurance company announced Tuesday.

Webster First Federal Credit Union has issued a $20,000 donation to support construction of Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare's new psychiatric unit in Webster, Harrington announced.

A 2014 excess in healthcare spending was driven largely by the state's ballooning MassHealth program, rather than commercial insurance payers, according to a presentation of the state's Health Policy Commission (HPC) taking place in Boston today.

More than one in six people in Massachusetts had an unmet health need due to the cost of care in 2015, according to a new report showcasing how despite the state's continued high rate of insurance coverage the cost of care continues to be an impediment to access.

Marlborough-based Boston Scientific has issued a global recall on its Chariot Guiding Sheath following 14 complaints of failure, including while the device was inside patients, which could lead to obstruction of blood flow causing stroke or kidney damage.

The health care staffing and recruiting firm Barton Associates will hire 63 employees to staff a new Worcester location, set to open in January.