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Gardner optics manufacturer to move HQ to Littleton, receives $1.3M tax credit
September 22, 2025Medical and defense optics manufacturer Precision Optics is relocating its corporate headquarters from Gardner to a larger site at the King Street Common mixed-use development in Littleton.
September 22, 2025
Menopause at work: Despite costing the U.S. economy $26B a year, menopause remains hush-hush in the office
Updated: September 22, 2025The loss of productivity and health expenses associated with menopause cost the U.S. economy $26 billion annually. Workdays missed due to menopause symptoms added up to another $1.8-billion annual loss.
Updated: September 22, 2025
Preparing for disaster: With nonprofits teetering following federal cuts, the United Way has set aside $500K for the next crisis
Updated: September 22, 2025Realizing federal cuts will impede nonprofits’ ability to respond in time of crisis, the United Way of Central Massachusetts launched the United Response Fund in August.
Updated: September 22, 2025
Milford medical office park near hospital sells for $4.1M
September 19, 2025The building is 76% occupied with 12 tenants, including Milford Regional Medical Center, Metrowest Oral Surgery, and Asthma & Allergy Physicians.
September 19, 2025
Ascentria Care Alliance to move Worcester HQ to downtown
September 19, 2025The new 24,615-square-foot facility will be located at 18 Chestnut St. in a building owned by Commerce Associates of Worcester, part of a larger effort to establish the building as a nonprofit center.
September 19, 2025-
Worcester businessman, two former lt. governors, Nobel laureate to lead search for next UMass Chan chancellor
September 18, 2025The 20-member committee will be led by UMass Chan Trustee David Brunelle, co-founder and managing director of Worcester-based North Pointe Wealth Management.
September 18, 2025
House passes healthcare aid package in 148-1 vote
September 18, 2025The vote was 148-1 in favor of the bill (H 4530) aimed at providing financial relief to hospitals and community health centers. Rep. Nicholas Boldyga, Republican of Southwick, cast the dissenting vote.
September 18, 2025
House budget committee advances $234M bill aiming to provide relief to hospitals
September 17, 2025The House budget committee on Tuesday advanced a $234 million spending bill aimed at providing financial relief to hospitals and community health centers, reviving proposals that were left out of a broader agreement earlier this summer.
September 17, 2025
Lawmakers renew calls for overdose prevention centers
September 16, 2025Controversial bills to legalize overdose prevention centers returned to the spotlight Monday, as a committee leader touted recent gains in reducing the state's volume of fatal opioid-related overdoses and warned about shifting federal policies tha
September 16, 2025
Ringleader of Worcester home health fraud scheme pleads guilty
September 15, 2025Felix Mercedes, a 35-year-old resident of Worcester, agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to billing MassHealth for more than $500,000 of services that were never provided.
September 15, 2025
State's health insurance marketplace working to notify members impacted by Trump bill
September 12, 2025Disruptions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to initially impact 36,000 members who are noncitizens but lawfully present here. Health Connector officials anticipate another 19,000 members earning between 400% to 500% of the federal
September 12, 2025
Sturbridge orthodontic firm acquired by Canadian company
September 12, 2025Corus Orthodontists was founded in 2019 by a group of 18 orthodontists across North America.
September 12, 2025
A helping hand: First cohort of startups at new Worcester entrepreneurship hub look to develop healthcare innovations
Updated: September 8, 2025Its first programming since its official launch in June, Auxilium’s three-month accelerator program is designed to help early startups.
Updated: September 8, 2025
Q&A: New approach to in-home senior care
Updated: September 8, 2025Not long after Arab's arrival, he experienced the loss of several elderly relatives, including his mother. Those painful moments shaped his resolve to support other families by opening his own Seniors Helping Seniors branch.
Updated: September 8, 2025
Worcester launches Maternal and Child Health Dashboard to address health outcomes
September 5, 2025Launched on Friday, the dashboard was created with a focus on health disparities in an effort to enhance transparency, inform public policy, and improve outcomes for mothers and infants throughout the region.
September 5, 2025
Report: Big Beautiful Bill could leave up to 200K Mass. residents uninsured
September 4, 2025A federal law signed by President Donald Trump could leave as many as 203,000 more Massachusetts residents without health insurance, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation report.
September 4, 2025
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