Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO and president of UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, joins the podcast to talk about all the efforts the hospital system is making to deal with the anticipated spike in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks.
Worcester is slated to receive over $4.1 million in additional community development block grants to assist with coronavirus relief efforts, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern's office announced in a Thursday press release.
Fitchburg State University's Landry Arena is being set up as a mortuary for coronavirus in case it's needed to give extra capacity to hospitals and funeral homes.
New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.
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 defunct Atlantic Union College has sold a series of small properties around its Lancaster campus in the last two months, nearly two years after holding its last courses.
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.