Greater Worcester

Worcester-based Polar Beverages has landed a five-year distribution agreement with a California beverage provider for one of its products, according to a statement from that company.

On the same day that it was ranked the top private health plan in the U.S. for the 10th straight year, non-profit insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on Thursday disclosed that it has reduced its workforce by 65.

Eight Central Massachusetts hospitals and community health centers are among 57 Bay State recipients of grants aimed...

For the second time in as many months, a credit rating agency is examining downgrading the credit rating for UMass Memorial Health Care.

Verizon Wireless has enhanced its 4G LTE network in Shrewsbury, the latest announcement in a larger effort to expand the service throughout New England.

With each generation, the average life expectancy increased thanks to advances in medical technology, but a new study released by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) shows Americans can look forward to more healthy years, too.

Roberta Schaefer, who helped found the Worcester Regional Research Bureau nearly 30 years ago, and its president and CEO, will retire around the end of the year, the organization announced today.

A workshop designed to help family businesses leverage the latest technology to support growth will take placed Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester.

After Tim Murray stunned the Massachusetts political establishment by giving up the lieutenant governorship to lead the...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has won a five-year, $3 million federal grant toward development of a minimally invasive, robotic surgical approach to treating brain tumors, the school announced.