Greater Worcester

Some of the fastest-growing occupations in health care do not require direct patient care, creating job opportunities for both new entrants and medical career-changers who can get a new lease on the use of their field of knowledge.

When people find out what Dr. Mark Brenner, the chief radiation oncologist at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, does for a living, he says he often gets one response in particular.

Technocopia, a nonprofit maker space in Worcester, will merge its operations with education center Worcester Think Tank and wood and machine shop IA Design as the organization prepares to move into the Printer's Building in downtown Worcester.

The cost of doing business in Massachusetts is oft-lamented, and apparently, the field of medicine is not immune. That's according to the results of the annual Physician Practice Environment Index (PPEI) published last week by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). While the Massachusetts PPEI has experienced an upward trend since a low point in 2010, in 2015, it continues to lag the U.S. index — and the delta appears to be widening.

Apple Pay mobile is now available for UniBank Visa debit card users.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place...

Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded the University of Massachusetts Medical School a $250,000 grant to fund childhood cancer research.

When it comes to making medicines, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher is asking, “Can we do it better?” The National Institutes of Health has awarded the assistant professor and her team a $346,000 grant for a three-year project to find out.

Nuclea Biotechnologies, Inc., based in Pittsfield but with operations in Worcester, has announced that a kit using Carbonic Anhydrase IX has been classified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a Class I in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device for use on a Ventana Benchmark XT instrument.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place on October 2.