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Health Care

  • UMass Memorial to change masking policy on May 11

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023

    As the public health emergency declaration in Massachusetts is set to end on May 11, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester is poised to update its masking policy, which will make masking optional in most settings throughout the healthcare system.

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023
  • Anna Maria granted $1M to improve healthcare training programs

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023

    Anna Maria College in Paxton will receive $1 million in federal funding for its nursing programs and to upgrade its clinical simulation lab.

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023
  • Report: Job vacancies piling up in human services sector

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 4, 2023

    The pandemic, the "Great Resignation" and high inflation has exacerbated an already-strapped human services industry in Massachusetts, raising vacancy rates for jobs that provide services for elderly, disabled and mentally ill populations up to an

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 4, 2023
  • Physical therapy practice opens Hopkinton location, its third in Central Mass.

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023

    Concierge Physical Therapy has opened its third location, adding a clinic in Hopkinton in addition to its locations in Sutton and Shrewsbury.

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023
  • Report: Affordability, eligibility challenges among main reasons Mass. residents remain uninsured

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023

    Affordability, specific challenges facing immigrant groups, and eligibility transitions are three top reasons why some residents of Massachusetts are uninsured.

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023
  • Natick-based online mental health provider raises $30M

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023

    Uwill, an online mental health and wellness solution founded in 2020 to supplement campus counseling centers facing high student demand for support, has completed a $30-million Series A funding round.

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023
  • Hologic revenue decrease slows after post-COVID drop off

    Isabel Tehan May 2, 2023

    Marlborough medical technology company Hologic Inc. reported a 28.5% decrease in revenue in the second quarter, as compared to the same time period last year.

    Isabel Tehan May 2, 2023
  • Laid-off Community Healthlink workers rebuffed in attempt to detail program issues with UMass Memorial administration

    Isabel Tehan May 2, 2023

    A delegation of Community Healthlink workers who were affected by the closures of three substance abuse programs gathered at the UMass Memoria

    Isabel Tehan May 2, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Dr. Matilde “Mattie” Castiel

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Dr. Matilde Castiel oversees numerous high-profile and highly important offices and services throughout the City of Worcester, from the Department of Public Health to the opioid and mental health task forces.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Tuyet Tran

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA is the only organization of its kind in the region, and it was built from the ground up by and for Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees in Worcester. One of those was Tuyet Tran, then a young social

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Dr. Lynda Young

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    In early 2023, Young was named chair of the board of trustees at UMass Memorial Health, making her the first female chair of the largest employer in Central Massachusetts.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Tim Garvin

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Under Tim Garvin's leadership, the United Way’s mission is to build up communities through investment across the spectrum of needs and programming in 30 towns across the region.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • Power 50: The most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2023

    Brad Kane Updated: May 1, 2023

    Business professionals from organizations of all types and sizes hold some amount of power, but how you shape the economy and community is when you are truly influential.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Jon Weaver

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    As the Central Massachusetts biotech and bioscience sector continues to grow, it needs places for new ideas and innovators. Enter MBI and its leader, Jon Weaver.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Vincent Strully, Jr.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Vincent Strully established the first NECC program in 1975, and since then has built from there to include a day school, a residential program, a classroom model for use within public schools, a consulting practice, a research center, onsite

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Angela Bovill

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Angela Bovill holds the top job at one of the largest human services organizations in Central Massachusetts.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

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Should Massachusetts eventually ban the sale of tobacco products?
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A proposed bill moving through the Massachusetts legislature would prohibit tobacco and nicotine product sales to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2006, eventually phasing out legal sales in the state. Supporters of the bill say it will protect the next generation from harmful tobacco and nicotine addictions while opponents argue the legislation would infringe upon adult autonomy and hurt small businesses reliant on product sales.