Greater Worcester

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester could receive up to $18 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a nationwide clinical study to determine if metformin, a drug used to treat high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes, can be used to treat a form of chronic, progressive lung disease.

Massachusetts ranks among the top states where Medicare serves its residents the best, offering some of the best access to primary care providers, yet its beneficiaries experience the second-to-highest preventable hospital admissions rates in the nation.

The combined $38 million in financing will be used to renovate and preserve 73 units of affordable housing located in 16 buildings.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association, a Canton-based labor union representing nurses throughout Central Massachusetts and the state, has named Joe-Ann Fergus as its new executive director.

Gov. Maura Healey ordered utilities regulators Tuesday to start combing through gas and electric bill charges line by line to reduce or remove any that don't provide a benefit to ratepayers as they gird for the winter heating season.

Buyers do not have to conduct an inspection, but they are banned from letting sellers know before an offer is accepted that they intend to waive the home inspection.

Ascentria Care Alliance, one of Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofits, has named a new chief of strategic business development at the Worcester-based organization.

Worcester-based Branded Realty Group is developing a mixed-use site in West Boylston into a three-building site featuring...

Dunn and one other long-term DCU Center leader are calling it a career.

The lawmakers raised concerns to Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro over the "integrity and transparency" of the process after the winning bidder, Applegreen, abruptly pulled out of negotiations with the state.