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UMass Chan to open AI assurance lab to validate use of the technology in health care
April 12, 2024On Wednesday, UMass Chan announced the creation of the university’s Health AI Assurance Laboratory: a lab designed to evaluate processes and impacts of health AI technology to advance efforts for more accountable, unbiased, and efficacious patient
April 12, 2024
Cannabis regulators seek input on new municipal equity rules
April 12, 2024Cannabis regulators are seeking input on the model bylaw or ordinance that will give cities and towns a way to comply with new minimum municipal equity standards that stem from the 2022 marijuana industry reform law.
April 12, 2024
Saint Vincent faces formal complaint from National Labor Relations Board
April 11, 2024The National Labor Relations Board has issued a formal complaint against Saint Vincent Hospital citing a number of nurses’ union rights violations perpetrated by the hospital.
April 11, 2024
Better Business Bureau CEO retires, as Worcester chamber VP takes over
April 11, 2024The Better Business Bureau of Central New England has replaced its retired and longtime leader with a former vice president from the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.
April 11, 2024
Electric Hydrogen receives $18.4M in tax credits as company prepares to open Devens factory
April 10, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy credits, combined with the other federal and private funds, will assist the company to begin production at the facility faster, said Jason Mortimer, Electric Hydrogen’s senior vice president of global sales.
April 10, 2024
Long-time leader of Worcester’s second-largest law firm to relinquish role to co-managing partners
April 10, 2024Mirick O’Connell has appointed Paul Carey and Robert Kilroy as the Worcester law firm’s first-ever co-managing partners since its founding in 1916.
April 10, 2024
Long-awaited hearing over cannabis chair’s suspension postponed
April 10, 2024The private meetings, if rescheduled and held, could lead to O'Brien's firing.
April 10, 2024
Mass. community college faculty salaries lagging behind other states, union study says
April 10, 2024The study compared Massachusetts to its bordering states and "peer" states like California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
April 10, 2024
To address physician shortage, Blue Cross to reimburse small Mass. primary care providers $20M
April 9, 2024Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will provide up to $20 million in total reimbursements to small, independent primary care practices across Massachusetts, as it seeks to reduce patient waiting times.
April 9, 2024
Framingham cleantech firm inks $140M contract for California cogeneration facility
April 8, 2024Ameresco has entered into a $140-million contract to build a biogas cogeneration facility for the Sacramento Area Sewer District located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility near Elk Grove, California.
April 8, 2024
Marlborough chamber selects Michelle Mercier as next CEO
April 5, 2024“Michelle offers a unique talent for leadership that will enhance the organization beyond measure,” Tye Jordan, chair of the chamber’s board of directors and regional director of Worcester-based Cinch I.T, said in the press release.
April 5, 2024
New cannabis business association seeks to provide unified voice for industry
April 5, 2024As the Massachusetts cannabis industry battles declining cannabis prices, lawsuits, and a number of other growing pains, a new business association has emerged.
April 5, 2024
New law could ease physician assistant labor gap should Steward Health Care exodus take effect
April 5, 2024Dressed in white lab coats, nearly 200 physician assistant students and providers on Thursday pitched their potential to help solve a health care workforce shortage that could worsen given the challenges facing Massachusetts hospitals owned by
April 5, 2024
Worcester’s Latin American Health Alliance to split $3M for substance-use work
April 5, 2024Worcester nonprofit Latin American Health Alliance is one of 20 BIPOC-led organizations receiving $2.9 million in grants from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to help fund efforts to address substance use in their communities
April 5, 2024
Former Quality Inn supportive housing project receives $1.6M from feds
April 4, 2024Efforts to turn a former Worcester hotel into a permanent supportive housing development have received a boost from the federal government.
April 4, 2024
Worcester biomedical firm raises $3M for development of pelvic treatments
April 4, 2024Juniper Biomedical has raised $3 million in capital from a seed funding round, as well as the National Institutes of Health, to support its advancements in neuromodulation technology.
April 4, 2024
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