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MetroWest Medical Center matched the most recent state average for how often patients are readmitted, according to new data from the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

Five area hospitals garnered top safety scores in The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Score rankings.

Allurion Technologies, the maker of a medical device supporting weight loss, has successfully repaid a loan it got from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center in 2011, interest included.

Spurred by millions in hotel tax collections and efforts by city officials to create a more well-rounded city, Marlborough is moving on from being a haven for major employers through new retail, residential and visitor developments.

Southbridge Savings Bank donated $2,500 to the Nativity School of Worcester, to update its art program.

Worcester will get the second Massachusetts location of the soup, salads and sandwiches chain Zoup! when it opens on Main Street on Thursday.

Total Wine & More has opened its third Massachusetts location at White City Shopping Center on Route 9 in Shrewsbury.

Profit-driven health care is a growing local and national trend that doesn't necessarily carry ill effects.

Any business offering a similar at a lower price will almost always succeed in the marketplace. Sure, mitigating factors like taxes, regulation and global competition can throw a company off-track; but for services inherently local – like health care – quality and efficiency are central to a winning formula.

A proposal put forth by a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority committee would add stops on the evening express train from Boston's South Station to Worcester.