Eric Dickson

Thrive Support & Advocacy, a nonprofit empowering youth and adults with developmental disabilities in Marlborough, presented UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital with its Standing Ovation Award according to a Thursday press release.

The Worcester Business Journal editorial staff is seeking readers' ideas for this year's Power 50, WBJ's annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts.

UMass Memorial Health announced Wednesday its plans to donate $1 million to the City of Worcester to establish of the Worcester Health Equity Fund.

The Sturbridge Agricultural & Equestrian Center on Friday submitted an application with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to construct and operate a racetrack in Sturbridge, marking the first of many steps for pushing forward the proposed project, according to a Monday press release from the center.

In a Wednesday town hall meeting, UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson discussed the progression of the organization’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as well as plans to address the region’s bed shortage crisis.

A quarter of Worcester County residents age 12 and up still haven’t gotten a first shot of COVID-19 vaccine. And, since the virus spreads much more easily among those who are unvaccinated, that group is helping to fuel the resurgence of cases coming with the Delta variant of the disease.

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester announced plans Wednesday to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all staff, according to a memo sent to caregivers from President and CEO Eric Dickson.

UMass Memorial Health, the largest healthcare provider in Central Massachusetts, on Friday confirmed it is starting its own health insurance division.

When the professionals who would become WBJ’s 2021 Business Leaders of the Year started their years anew in January 2020, they could have had no idea the past 15 months would end up like they did. Yet, each of them in their own way, found a path for their organizations to thrive.

As the nation reels in the wake of a violent and deadly mob breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, leadership in and around the Central Mass. business community condemned the violence and called for healing.