Health Care

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will receive a public assistance grant of $4.3 million to reimburse the school for COVID-19 tests administered between May 2020 and December 2021.

A UMass Chan Medical School pathology professor received $460,000 in grant funding to improve the flu vaccine for older adults, in order to provide longer-lasting immunity.

Gov. Maura Healey has tapped Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, to lead the state's sprawling health and human services secretariat, the largest department in state government that manages everything from MassHealth to the child welfare system and the opioid epidemic, according to a source familiar with the search.

TheracosBio, a Marlborough-based drug manufacturer, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a new type 2 diabetes treatment.

An affiliate of Calare Properties of Framingham purchased a Northborough location of healthcare manufacturer Steris Corp. for $6.7 million. There is no indication that Steris is moving.

The financially embattled Family Health Center of Worcester has a new permanent chief financial officer, Yinka Fadahunsi, after four months with the interim replacement for Jose Diaz de Leon.

Walgreens sold a 2.7-acre property at 653 Worcester Road in Framingham for $10 million on Thursday. A Walgreens Pharmacy is located on the site, though there is no indication that the store will close.

PG Collaborative will allow entrepreneurs of color to come together, build relationships organically, and problem-solve issues unique to them.

Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way they operate their marijuana businesses.

As healthcare inequities remain a persistent and pressing issue, the identification of ways the healthcare system can make future-focused moves to address them is top-of-mind at Commonwealth Medicine.