Health Care

The saga over the proposed closure of the Leominster maternity center is part of a national struggle beset by doctor shortages, rising maternal morbidity, and money-losing operations.

Mary Munson, a UMass Chan Medical School professor, is an accomplished scientist and a champion for women in science.

Texas-based Tenet Healthcare, the company that owns and operates Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center, has expanded the scope of its CEO’s role.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has entered a new collaboration with Cambridge pharmaceutical company Moderna to study cytomegalovirus transmission in early education settings.

The Remillard Family Community Service Fund, a UMass Chan Medical School fund financed by a $3 million donation in 2015, has selected 12 student, faculty, and staff-led projects for its 2023 grants.

Alarmed by "devastating statistics" of worsening severe maternal morbidity rates, particularly among Black people during labor and delivery, Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced $1.5 million in grant funding to 11 community organizations and health centers Tuesday in a bid to tamp down on racial disparities.

Hundreds of aspiring nurse aides can start taking their certification exams in Spanish and Chinese next year, the start of a multilingual policy that advocates and lawmakers say will tackle a major workforce shortage in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

The state began getting in touch Tuesday with more than 134,000 people currently or previously enrolled in certain state programs whose personal information was part of a data breach involving a file transfer program used by the UMass Chan Medical School.

Yvonne Spicer, who was mayor of Framigham from 2018 to 2022, has been appointed as executive director of Life Science Cares Boston

Framingham-based healthcare technology company Definitive Healthcare has acquired Connecticut healthcare provider analytics firm Populi for $52 million.