Health Care

About half a dozen legislators from the greater Leominster area did not mince words during a committee hearing Tuesday, alleging that UMass Memorial Health is putting undue strain on Bay Staters with the closure plans its leaders announced last month.

The global pharmaceutical company has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for commercial cell therapy manufacturing in Devens.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, jail, and house of correction are piloting a new program to study the substance abuse treatment options available to incarcerated populations.

Worcester nonprofit Spectrum Health Systems, which specializes in mental health and substance use treatment, is set to open two new facilities in Westborough in 2024, including a new headquarters.

City of Worcester Mayor Joe Petty is requesting a public hearing on the April closure of several Community Healthlink programs, according to the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

The National Science Foundation awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Loris Fichera $599,663 to develop robots to treat disease without touching human tissue.

Health inequities experienced by communities of color have an economic burden of $5.9 billion annually, according to a newly released study from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.

The City of Worcester is set to allocate $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to the United Way of Central Massachusetts, which the nonprofit will use to support its food insecurity programs.

The U.S. News and World Report named 200 publicly-traded companies to its inaugural list of best companies to work for, and three Central Massachusetts companies made the list.

Southborough life science research company Veristat has acquired Scinopsis, a medical writing consultancy firm based in Fréjus, France.