Health Care

Sophie Santaella has been named executive vice president, chief operating officer at Worcester human services nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation.

The CEO of MetroWest Medical Center, who assumed the role in July, has resigned his position.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation in Worcester has granted $2.2 million total to 120 local nonprofit organizations to aid in operations and fund new projects.

Miach Orthopaedics in Westborough has secured $40 million in financing for its U.S. rollout of an implant to improve ACL tear recovery.

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.