Worcester

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has deemed Saint Vincent Hospital back in compliance with staffing requirements, after an investigation found the Worcester hospital failed to maintain a mandatory nurse-to-patient ratio for an organ-donating patient back in April.

A six-person conference committee is now fully in place and ready in the new year to begin hashing out final details of Massachusetts legislation overhauling cannabis laws.

The year-long battle over National Institutes of Health funding, which caused UMass Chan Medical School to lay off employees in April, reached a new milestone on Tuesday.

Facing a potentially crowded and costly 2026 ballot cycle, lawmakers advanced legislation to tighten disclosure rules for ballot question campaigns and reveal who’s funding them.

“This process proved the power of unity and standing together,” Todd Skirving, member of the PHPA executive committee, wrote on X.

The Paul A. Covec ’64 Innovation and Commercialization Fund will be used for startup companies and to help patent research.

Salary levels, player safety, and travel requirements are among the topics of discussion during the negotiations. 

The property at 340 Hamilton St., featuring first-floor retail space with four apartment units above, sold in a deal finalized on Friday.

In response to mounting rates of violence to hospital workers, all nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center’s University Campus signed and delivered a petition to the Worcester hospital’s senior leadership on Monday, demanding they plan for new safety initiatives by Jan. 1.

The ownership behind Worcester taco spot Pepe's Taqueria now owns the site of the restaurant, after purchasing...