Health Care

The story of the Guild of St. Agnes, a full-service early education and care facility, started back in 1913 with the agency serving just 19 children in a day nursery.

When Chris Lloyd started working at Auburn beverage distribution company Atlas Distributing Inc., he was a young, single guy who didn't much care about the company's benefits. More than a decade later, he said, they're a big reason he wouldn't think of working anywhere else.

Even though they may benefit financially, Central Massachusetts hospitals have joined together with their brethren from around the Bay State to oppose efforts to limit the pricing disparity between healthcare providers.

Patients undergoing treatment at Reliant Medical Group experience a seamless process in which their records are shared across the provider network. What they don't see – but benefit from – is a comprehensive education and training program that has resulted in staff retention and longevity.

Healthcare pricing is quite a tricky business.

The nation's employment picture in October improved slightly over September as the unemployment rate dropped from 5.1 to 5 percent, and the country added 271,000 positions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday.

CareWell Urgent Care, which provides urgent care services in affiliation with UMass Memorial Health Care, will open...

RXi Pharmaceuticals of Marlborough said Thursday it has begun its first clinical trial of a compound to evaluate its ability to prevent retinal scarring.

In the second phase of a service improvement program funded by the state Health Policy Commission, the...

Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a virtual human by digitizing and combining high-resolution images of...