Marlborough

Hologic has suffered what it calls a significant negative impact from the coronavirus pandemic, forcing the Marlborough medical device company to withdraw its financial guidance for the year.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences of Marlborough, no longer part of Boston conglomerate General Electric, now has a new name and logo.

Boston Scientific is temporarily reducing some employee work schedules and reducing executive and board pay as the Marlborough medical device maker says it has been hurt by delays in elective surgeries during the coronavirus outbreak.

Central Massachusetts is projected to have among the biggest shortfalls in the number of available beds in the country, virtually no matter how hard the coronavirus pandemic hits.

Among the CARES Act provisions of direct payments to U.S. residents, expanding unemployment benefits and a bailout to airlines is a $367-billion small business relief effort designed to encourage companies with 500 or fewer employees to maintain their payrolls and avoid layoffs.

The impact of the efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus hit hard and fast in the Central Massachusetts economy.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce on Friday joined the Corridor 9/495 Regional Chamber of Commerce in calling on businesses to donate needed medical supplies as healthcare agencies are fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Massachusetts has reported its first coronavirus death, a Suffolk County man in his 80s who had existing health conditions that put him at a higher risk, as statewide cases hit 413.

Quest Diagnostics in Marlborough is ramping up to be able to test 20,000 people per day across the country, and eventually 2,000 to 3,000 samples per day from Massachusetts patients.

On Monday, Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic, Inc. announced it had received emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to run coronavirus tests through its Panther system.