Central Mass. South

The Massachusetts Health Connector Authority board voted unanimously to update its minimum creditable coverage regulations to index deductibles.

More than five decades ago, the first U.S. surgeon general’s report warned against the health hazards of smoking. But it wasn’t until much more recently screening for lung cancer became a reliable tool. The Harrington HealthCare System is on the forefront.

Henry Gauthier has retired from the Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics Corp. board of directors.

Massachusetts is trending toward its long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, but the effort to reduce global emissions is failing, a new report said.

When Spectrum Health Systems got its start half a century ago, the agency was located in Methuen, was named the Challenge House, and the addiction treatment industry thought little of the complex ways people could be helped.

Visitors to the 36 communities it serves increased their spending by 20.3%, beating the Massachusetts average of 17.8%.

About a week after the Oxford laser manufacturer announced it would eliminate 300 jobs, a top executive at IPG Photonics sold $290,980 worth of his stock in the company.

A Framingham company has been fined nearly $50,000 for violating asbestos regulations for a building project in Southbridge, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced Tuesday.

Oxford laser manufacturing IPG Photonics’ stock plummeted 13% Tuesday following a disappointing earnings third quarter report in which the company announced it will lay off 300 people from its global workforce.

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