Greater Worcester

As Massachusetts gets older, home care workers are in high demand.

How hospitals are fighting neonatal abstinence syndrome.

With Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences purchase, acupuncture moves towards medical mainstream.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has awarded a grant to fund a bus line connecting Brattleboro, Vt. to Boston through Fitchburg and Worcester as part of an effort to expand transportation access through rural western communities.

The Baker Administration has selected the Worcester Business Development Corp. to redevelop 44 acres of land on the former Worcester State Hospital Campus into a biomanufacturing facility that could employ up to 500 people.

An urban revitalization plan covering 118 acres in downtown Worcester has been approved by the state, opening up the city to leverage the power of eminent domain on 24 properties singled out in the plan.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced that Jennifer deWinter, associate professor in the Department of Humanities and Arts, has been named the new director of its Interactive Media and Game Development (IMGD) Program.

The public phase of a $250 million fundraising campaign for Worcester's UMass Medical School began last week.

AFC Doctors Express announced plans to open a second Worcester location by the end of 2017.

Hopkinton solar installer Solect Energy has installed a rooftop solar system at the office and industrial property of Chacharone Properties in Worcester.