Health Care

Marlborough company Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has begun its in-human clinical trials for a drug to treat generalized anxiety disorder.

Former lieutenant governor nominee Steve Kerrigan, CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester, cruised to the top post at the Massachusetts Democratic Party with no opposition Monday night.

After a state inspection of three Community Healthlink substance abuse programs led to their suspension and a halt of new admissions, 80 layoffs are anticipated and the Worcester organization’s president is leaving her role.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is leading a coalition of 18 state AGs and the inspector general in Washington D.C. in a call for more transparent disclosures of nursing home ownership.

Spheric Bio, a Cambridge company developing a 3D heart implant to help prevent strokes, was awarded $50,000 for winning the M2D2 Challenge, a partnership between UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell.

With consumers experiencing higher health care outlays and some putting off care because of it, a state commission on Wednesday stuck with the annual state health care cost growth benchmark, which is a target rather than a binding cap on price or spending escalation.

Tenet Healthcare announced the appointment of Connie Malave Branyan as the new market chief strategy officer for its Massachusetts market, which encompasses Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center.

Here's what's new with personnel at MutualOne Bank, Cornerstone Bank, UMass Memorial Health, Venture Community Services and more.

To cover for COVID-related staff shortages, hospitals are over-reliant on travel nurses, who are paid significantly more than staff.

With the medical world on the cusp of an artificial intelligence revolution, researchers and clinicians are excited about the potential and wary of technology implicitly reliant on human bias