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Health Care

  • Milford Regional recognized for treatment of substance-exposed infants

    Laura Finaldi July 27, 2016

    Milford Regional Medical Center has been recognized for its treatment of infants exposed to drugs or alcohol while in the womb.

    Laura Finaldi July 27, 2016
  • HealthAlliance Hospital opens skin cancer surgery clinic

    Sam Bonacci July 25, 2016

    UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital has opened a new surgery clinic that will allow for treatment of common forms of skin cancer right in Leominster.

    Sam Bonacci July 25, 2016
  • Alzheimer's pill advances to final phase of human trials

    Sam Bonacci July 25, 2016

    Framingham biotechnology firm Alzheon Inc. announced Monday that in 2017 it will begin registering patients for the final phase of human trials for of a pill to treat Alzheimer's disease.

    Sam Bonacci July 25, 2016
  • Worcester approves final medical marijuana dispensaries; 80 jobs to follow

    Sam Bonacci July 22, 2016

    The city of Worcester has cleared the way for final two medical marijuana dispensaries to come into the city after City Manager Edward Augustus issued letters of non-opposition to Mission Massachusetts, Inc. and Medicinal Alternatives, Inc.

    Sam Bonacci July 22, 2016
  • Health New England names CFO

    July 21, 2016

    Insurance company Health New England has appointed Michael Marrone as the company's chief financial officer.

    July 21, 2016
  • UMass Medical researcher explores Mass. uninsured population

    Laura Finaldi July 20, 2016

    A study coauthored by a UMass Medical School researcher found that single, young, low-income males in Massachusetts are more likely to go without health insurance for two consecutive years.

    Laura Finaldi July 20, 2016
  • Hospitals, health systems expand urgent care presence

    Laura Finaldi July 18, 2016

    Urgent care centers are rapidly popping up across Central Massachusetts, as the region starts to feel the ripples of a national trend.

    Laura Finaldi July 18, 2016
  • City collaboration leads to Clark U. global health degree

    Laura Finaldi July 18, 2016

    A collaboration involving the city of Worcester and Clark University led the latter to develop a master's degree that will get students to understand how political, economic and social forces impact public health.

    Laura Finaldi July 18, 2016
  • UMass Memorial purchases surgical assistant robot

    Laura Finaldi July 13, 2016

    UMass Memorial Medical Center has purchased a robotic surgical assistant that will help neurosurgeons with complex procedures.

    Laura Finaldi July 13, 2016
  • Microsoft grants $3.4M to Southborough autism center

    Laura Finaldi July 13, 2016

    The New England Center for Children, a Southborough children's autism services and research center, has received a $3.4-million software and services donation from Microsoft.

    Laura Finaldi July 13, 2016
  • Clark developing new health degree

    Laura Finaldi July 11, 2016

    Staff at Clark University have proposed a new master's degree in global and community health, as the school consolidates its public health offerings under a single umbrella.

    Laura Finaldi July 11, 2016
  • Westminster recovery center gets local CEO

    Sam Bonacci July 7, 2016

    As Pennsylvania-based Recovery Centers of America (RCA) continues a $231.5-million expansion into the northeast, it has named the new CEO of its Westminster location.

    Sam Bonacci July 7, 2016
  • Precision Coating launching Costa Rica plant

    Sam Bonacci July 7, 2016

    Hudson's Precision Coating is establishing its first manufacturing operations outside the U.S. with a new 14,000-square-foot plant in Costa Rica that will be up and running by the end of the month.

    Sam Bonacci July 7, 2016
  • Senators to research health care costs

    State House News Service July 6, 2016

    A group of senators plans to travel in the fall to explore strategies used by other states to keep health care costs in check, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Tuesday.

    State House News Service July 6, 2016
  • Saint V's, UMass Memorial most profitable in early 2016

    Laura Finaldi July 6, 2016

    All but two acute care hospitals in Central Massachusetts reported year-over-year profits for the first three months of 2016, according to a report from a state agency that tracks hospital financials.

    Laura Finaldi July 6, 2016
  • Mass. acute care hospitals profitability holds steady

    State House News Service July 5, 2016

    The profitability of 63 acute care hospitals in Massachusetts was stable for the period ending March 31, 2016.

    State House News Service July 5, 2016

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.