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Existing in some form or another for thousands of years, apprenticeships are about as old as the concept of work itself; they are the method by which novices have mastered the literal building blocks of society.

Amid heightened competition from larger, more sprawling outdoor retail developments, two indoor shopping malls in Worcester and Auburn have been backed into a corner where experts say innovation is the only path toward continued viability.

When it comes to layoffs, there's only one thing worse than reading about them: becoming a layoff casualty.

Health insurance base rates are poised to spike more than 6 percent in early 2016 for about 300,000 people in Massachusetts, according to state regulators. That brought out this comment about the costs of health care in the United States and how they don't match up with the results:

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from June 1-15,...

JUDITH PARE was appointed to the healthcare committee of the Worcester County District Attorney’s Task Force to...

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Reliant Medical Group laid off 78 employees – about 3 percent of its workforce – on Wednesday, part of an ongoing effort to reduce expenses, the Worcester-based health care provider announced.

As everyone knows by now, opioid drugs are part of a huge crisis in Central Massachusetts and across the country. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health estimates that more than 1,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the state last year, a 33-percent increase from 2012.

W. Patrick Hughes, the president and CEO of Fallon Health, will retire Nov. 1, the health insurer's board of directors announced Tuesday.