Greater Worcester

Doctors at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) were entrenched in the Liberian health system long before the historic Ebola Virus outbreak that came to a frightening head last year. The Worcester medical school had been working in that country to strengthen medical education and infrastructure since 2006, after the system had been ravaged by civil war that ended a few years earlier.

Major changes will be coming to the Worcester to Boston commuter train line this May with the announcement Wednesday that a nonstop train will begin operating into Boston.

A group of health care professionals led by the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester have been awarded a $20 million grant to expand their efforts toward preventing another Ebola outbreak in Liberia.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey will speak to students at the College of the Holy Cross this afternoon about her experiences as attorney general and her path to office.

National Manufacturing Day was celebrated throughout Massachusetts on Friday, Oct. 2 with tours and events hosted by manufacturers, business groups and educational institutions.

Culture in Worcester has received a $15.25 million boost with the announcement that the Myles & C. Jean McDonough Foundation will grant those funds to seven cultural institutions in the city and surrounding area.

Two former executives at Cutler Capital Management in Worcester have launched an investment firm in the city.

The national Legal Services Corporation has awarded Worcester-based Community Legal Aid a two-year Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant valued at more than $200,000, according to a statement Wednesday from UMass Memorial Health Care, Community Legal Aid and Legal Services Corporation.

A partnership between the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the University of Connecticut Health Center has been selected for up to $29.2 million in gunding as part of the federal Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative.

Two teams of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have studied a key step in HIV-1 infection — and their findings point to a possible way to fight the virus.