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Tufts to take over troubled MetroWest cancer treatment center from Tenet
November 3, 2022Tufts Medicine plans to take over cancer services in early 2023 at the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, which is owned by the parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester.
November 3, 2022
Rollstone appoints funeral home operator as new board chair
November 3, 2022Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust elected Brian Anderson as chairman of its board of directors.
November 3, 2022
Fallon Health donation funds five years of senior citizen fitness programming
November 2, 2022Worcester insurer Fallon Health has donated $200,000 to the City of Worcester to establish a five-year fitness program at the Worcester Senior Center.
November 2, 2022
Worcester urges indoor masking, other precautions amid RSV, flu, COVID
November 2, 2022The City of Worcester recommends residents take precautions amid an unusually high nationwide outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.
November 2, 2022
Bill changing rules on insurance-preferred prescribing practices signed into law
November 2, 2022Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill to restrict the practice in which some patients are made to try and fail on insurance-preferred treatments before their insurer will approve a more expensive option prescribed by a doctor.
November 2, 2022
Voting for Best of Business awards closes on Monday
November 1, 2022Voting for the WBJ’s 2023 Best of Business awards, which seeks to highlight institutions throughout Central Massachusetts based on reader votes, will close this coming Monday, Nov. 14.
November 1, 2022
The lunch crowd hasn’t come back
Updated: October 31, 2022The workforce became decentralized, and fewer people went out for a quick lunch.
Updated: October 31, 2022
Charts: Largest industries in Central Mass. and statewide, ranked by GDP
October 31, 2022Real estate leads in Central Massachusetts, while professional services lead the statewide economy.
October 31, 2022
Route 146’s warehouse boom
Updated: October 31, 2022When it comes to building new warehouse space in Massachusetts, the Blackstone Valley, despite its legendary status as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, tends to get overlooked.
Updated: October 31, 2022
Family Health Center sticks by CEO after medical employees request leadership change
October 28, 2022The Family Health Center of Worcester’s board opted to stand by President and CEO Louis Brady after medical personnel from healthcare provide requested a change in leadership amid layoffs, furloughs, resignations, and low morale.
October 28, 2022
Saint Vincent cutting five-nurse IV therapy team
October 27, 2022Saint Vincent Hospital is eliminating its five-nurse intravenous therapy team, once other nurses at the Worcester healthcare provider are trained in administering IVs as part of their regular duties.
October 27, 2022
UMass Chan to study whether COVID vaccine success can improve flu shot
October 26, 2022UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is participating in clinical trials to determine the efficacy of flu vaccines that utilize the same platform as vaccines developed for COVID-19.
October 26, 2022
DPH offering $75 to those who get COVID booster
October 26, 2022Select Worcester COVID-19 booster clinics will provide $75 gift cards to those who get vaccinated, through a program coordinated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
October 26, 2022
Mass. unemployment rate fell to 3.4% in September
October 21, 2022The unemployment rate in Massachusetts in September dropped to 3.4%, down two tenths of a percentage point from August and down 1.7% from September 2021.
October 21, 2022
UMass Memorial union nurses secure raises of up to 19.5%
October 21, 2022The Massachusetts Nurses Association union has ratified new contracts for 2,770 of its nurses at Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health's facilities in the past four months.
October 21, 2022
Brazil native receives $20K to grow Fitchburg alternative health business
October 20, 2022Magic Treasures, a Fitchburg-based business focused on alternative health care, received a $10,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. of Fitchburg.
October 20, 2022
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