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Heywood Healthcare scales back urgent care operations at Gardner location

Heywood Urgent Care and parent company Heywood Healthcare, which has filed for bankruptcy, are dialing back urgent care offerings at the 266 Main St. location in Gardner. Starting in December, the office will no longer accept same-day walk-in patients for the general public.

Abbvie to acquire Waltham cancer firm and its drug for $10B

Chicago-based biotech giant AbbVie, which has a large bioresearch facility in Worcester, will acquire Waltham’s ImmunoGen and its flagship ovarian cancer treatment drug in an more than $10-billion transaction.

ReWalk Robotics to use AI to help people walk

Marlborough-based ReWalk Robotics, a firm that develops assistive walking devices, has added artificial intelligence capabilities to its next prototype.

Anna Maria picks three new board members to help strengthen curriculum

Anna Maria College in Paxton has added three new members to its board of trustees, who come with expertise in the realms of health and human services, fire science, and public safety, areas the college sees as points of strength for its curriculum.
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Enrollment in MassHealth down by 110,000 amid eligibility reassessment

About 88,000 more people lost MassHealth coverage in October, the largest monthly decline yet in the year-long...

Take WBJ’s 2024 Economic Forecast survey

Worcester Business Journal has launched the annual survey of its readers for the end-of-year Economic Forecast special edition, in order to ascertain business leaders' outlooks on the Central Massachusetts economy in the coming year.

Worcester detox facility opens mental health unit

Florida-based Haven Health Management is expanding its substance abuse treatment facility in Worcester with a new unit focused on providing mental health care.

🔒WBJ names inaugural winners of Champions of Health Care awards

Nearly two decades have passed since WBJ created an awards specifically for healthcare professionals. Today, though, such an honor feels more important than ever.
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Boston Scientific closes $850M acquisition of back pain treatment tech firm

Marlborough medical device and technology firm Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of a Minnesota-based medical company and its chronic low back pain treatment technology.

Cummings vet school to research whether COVID can be harbored in wildlife

Researchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton are investigating new ways to monitor COVID-19 levels in animal wildlife as part of a two-year contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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