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Following acquisition, Baxter to close Acton manufacturing operation, lay off 59 workers

Baxter purchased Hillrom, the Illinois-based previous operator of the Acton facility, for $10.5 billion in February 2022. At the time, Baxter said the move would help reach a broader global market.

🔒Q&A: Agency on Aging leader named 2024 national presidential scholar

In January, Dixon was named a 2024 presidential scholar, among 60 nationwide to participate in the ninth class of the leadership program collectively put on by the presidential centers for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Lyndon Johnson.

Longtime gastroenterologist again named Milford Regional’s president of medical staff

“I feel honored to once again lead my physician colleagues, who have entrusted me with this great responsibility,” Crimaldi said in the press release. “I also welcome the opportunity to work with hospital leadership to advocate on behalf of our clinicians and patients.”

In wake of Steward financial troubles, advocate calls for health equity urgency

"We for some reason had urgency in the pandemic that we've lost since the pandemic when, in fact, those same communities are dying, but it's not COVID," Curry told attendees at a Wednesday legislative briefing. "It's diabetes, it's heart disease. It's a whole list of things."
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With $39M in seed funding, Worcester startup aims to develop ALS, schizophrenia treatments

Leal’s founder Dr. Asa Abeliovich is no stranger to successful pharmaceutical endeavors.

Heywood nurses secure new contract as hospital navigates bankruptcy

As Heywood Hospital continues to navigate the bankruptcy process it began in October, the Gardner facility’s nurses have secured a new contract their union claims will help address alleged long-standing issues with staffing levels and stagnant wages.

MassHealth disenrollments slow in January

The churn of Bay Staters departing the MassHealth rolls "quieted down considerably" in January, a top Healey administration official said Monday.

Healey says Steward’s financial disclosures are insufficient

Minutes after that deadline passed, Healey's office said that Steward on Thursday communicated to the state that it does not have the audited financial statements officials had sought.
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Natick investment firm raises $260M for life science companies

ORI shares a Natick office with AffyImmune Therapeutics, a company in ORI’s portfolio that received $30 million from the firm in 2021.

Advocates urge state to boost wages for adult care workers

Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down day programs and other services for adults living with disabilities, there has been a backlog of people unable to get back into those programs that advocates say are necessary for their mental and physical wellbeing. A large part of the problem is workforce shortages that have particularly affected home and health care settings.
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