Greater Worcester

Worcester's city council has voted to approve both a $104 million Downtown Urban Revitalization Plan that targets 24 properties for redevelopment and possible taking by the city, and a $611 million dollar budget.

Chuck Faris is officially retiring from Spectrum Health Systems on Friday after 45 years with the nonprofit.

While many companies have invested in the physical well-being of their employees, the emotional and mental health well-being of employees is still a relatively misunderstood concept.

During these exciting days of medical innovation, with developments ranging from advanced robotic surgery to nanoparticle-based cancer treatments, it's easy to forget that simple actions can also advance patient care in equally dramatic ways.

Sports medicine specialist Michael Brown talks treating sports stars and and assistant professor of orthopedics and physical rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Sports doctors and trainers are approaching pain management with athletes differently in light of the opioid crisis.

Officials are eying the e-cigarette threat as youth smoking fades and the smoking age rises.

The City of Worcester will host a town hall discussion about drug policy and the opioid epidemic that will be moderated by a U.S. drug official.

A national group representing highway and transportation departments in all 50 states has selected the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge project on the Worcester-Shrewsbury line as a winner in the 2016 America's Transportation Awards competition.

The Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing in Worcester to discuss the state of the state's rail system this Tuesday.