Health Care

Framingham clinical research firm Alira Health has promoted Annabel de Maria to the newly created role of chief patient officer, effective immediately.

As part of its five-year effort to mandate patient-to-nurse ratios at hospitals, the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union has teamed with members of the state legislature – including the representative from Leominster – to introduce new legislation, which they say is in response to a long-term healthcare access crisis in the state.

The number of Massachusetts workers represented by unions grew by 3.23% to 447,000 in 2022, according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Data Statistics.

Ricky Williams, winner of the 1998 Heisman Trophy and cannabis advocate, will be at Worcester’s Major Bloom dispensary on Sunday to sign autographs and meet fans.

MetroWest Center for Independent Living in Framingham is looking for a permanent replacement after the unexpected death of longtime executive director Paul Spooner in October.

The LGBT Asylum Task Force has purchased its second property in Worcester. Able to accommodate up to 40 asylum seekers at a time, the group owns one other property in Worcester, and rents a third for its shelters.

Central Mass Physical Therapy & Wellness opened its third location in space owned by United Health and Performance gym in Lancaster. Previously, the company had been seeing clients out of its West Boylston and Westborough locations.

French pharmaceutical company Seqens will unveil its new research and development center in Devens on January 31.

Framingham clinical research firm Alira Health, which is anticipating a spike in demand as more patients have control over their data, has raised $58 million in capital funding.

Hologic Inc., a Marlborough medical technology company, reported a 41.2% decrease in diagnostic testing revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2023.