Greater Worcester

Biopharmaceutical company Mustang Bio has sold its 27,000-square-foot development, manufacturing, and testing facility in Worcester to a Boston firm specializing in cell-and-gene therapy for $11 million.

Cities and towns that help fund the MBTA are concerned it will be "impossible" to restore pre-pandemic service levels and that the agency might need to hike fares given the growing shadow of a budget shortfall that officials so far have failed to address.

Fitchburg State University, Creative Hub Worcester, and Southborough Historical Society were among the largest recipients of $7.6 million in Cultural Facilities Fund grants statewide from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

A new white paper report from the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union using Occupational Safety & Health Administration data shows the rate of illness and injury to healthcare workers increased substantially during the coronavirus pandemic, and the study makes the claim that workers in the healthcare field were the most harmed in 2020.

Entrepreneurship for All, a national nonprofit startup accelerator, has received a $25,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to increase its capacity to support Greater Worcester inclusive entrepreneurship, including its Spanish-speaking business accelerator program.

Girls Inc. of Worcester has named an interim CEO in an effort to restore its programming that was suspended when its CEO and COO were placed on administrative leave amid allegations of racial discrimination.

AdCare Hospital in Worcester has named Brian Stoesz as its new CEO.

Members of The Caring Force -- the advocacy arm of the Providers' Council, which represents community-based organizations in the human services sector -- touted legislative proposals at their 11th annual rally that would bolster wages and create a loan repayment program.

Nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts health care employees have felt exhausted or burnt out by work over the past year, according to the results of a survey of union workers.

Of the 21 corporate sponsors who initially signed on as Founding Partners for the Worcester Red Sox ahead of their inaugural season, 16 have so far committed past the initial three-year term to renew their relationship with the team until at least 2025.