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Health Care

  • Boston Scientific co-founder and former CEO passes away at 80

    Alexander MacDougall June 14, 2022

    Peter Nicholas, one of the co-founders of Marlborough-based Boston Scientific, passed away on May 14th. 

    Alexander MacDougall June 14, 2022
  • Health Foundation of Central Mass. receives $500K from dissolving physician group

    Alexander MacDougall June 13, 2022

    The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has received a contribution of $500,000 from the Central Massachusetts Independent Physician Association, as part of the organization's distribution of its remaining assets after electing to dissolve

    Alexander MacDougall June 13, 2022
  • How proposed cannabis laws seek to bring more equity to industry

    Alexander MacDougall Updated: June 13, 2022

    Six years after cannabis legalization, the fledgling industry remains unequal. But two new bills aim to make good on that promise of bringing equity.

    Alexander MacDougall Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Movers & Shakers for June 13, 2022

    Updated: June 13, 2022

    Central Massachusetts business organizations with recent hires and promotions include Oriol Health Care, GFA Federal Credit Union, and Bay State Savings Bank.

    Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Q&A: Becoming the next Republican governor

    Laura Finaldi Updated: June 13, 2022

    WBJ spoke to both Geoff Diehl and Chris Doughty separately after the convention to ask about economic issues in Central Massachusetts and the commonwealth as a whole.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Q&A: Community Healthlink seeks behavioral health overhaul

    Brad Kane Updated: June 13, 2022

    Almost three years ago, Tamara Lundi took over leadership of Community Healthlink, the UMass Memorial Health division dedicated to improving the health of people suffering from mental illness, addiction, or homelessness.

    Brad Kane Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Briarwood tabs SALMON executive as new leader

    Ellie Lester June 12, 2022

    Freilich spent more than 16 years at Milford-based SALMON Health and Retirement, working first as an executive director at Willows of Worcester before assuming the same role at the Willows and Whitney Place at Medway.

    Ellie Lester June 12, 2022
  • North County community foundation gifts $100K to 10 healthcare nonprofits

    Sadie Leite June 9, 2022

    The goal of this effort is to better the health of community members in 11 communities: Ashby, Ayer, Bolton, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, and Townsend.

    Sadie Leite June 9, 2022
  • Veristat promotes seasoned drug developer to chief commercial officer

    Laura Finaldi June 8, 2022

    Veristat, the Southborough-based global clinical research organization, has promoted Cindy Henderson to the role of chief commercial officer.

    Laura Finaldi June 8, 2022
  • Opioid deaths dropped slightly in Worcester in 2021

    Alexander MacDougall June 8, 2022

    Opioid-related deaths dropped in Worcester in 2021, as the number of deaths countywide remained virtually the same, according to the latest data released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday.

    Alexander MacDougall June 8, 2022
  • Mass. Planned Parenthood CEO urges employees not to join union

    Alexander MacDougall June 8, 2022

    The CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Jennifer Childs-Roshak, sent a letter to all staff members on June 1, encouraging employees to vote no in an upcoming union election to see if employees will be represented by Local 1199 of the

    Alexander MacDougall June 8, 2022
  • Worcester lab charged in urine testing kickback probe

    Laura Finaldi June 8, 2022

    Preferred Laboratory LLC of Worcester and its owner, Vipin Adhlakha of Westfield, Ind., were implicated in a scheme that resulted in more than $2 million in false claims billed to the state insurance system MassHealth.

    Laura Finaldi June 8, 2022
  • UMass Chan professor recognized for teaching excellence

    Alexander MacDougall June 7, 2022

    Pang-Yen Fan, a professor of medicine at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, was one of five teachers across the University of Massachusetts system to receive this year’s Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

    Alexander MacDougall June 7, 2022
  • Worcester Homecoming looks reunite business leaders with ties to the city

    Alexander MacDougall June 6, 2022

    Beginning on Wednesday, prominent professionals with ties to Worcester will return to the city, as currently residing local leaders discuss the ongoing economic changes and development occurring in the Heart of the Commonwealth.

    Alexander MacDougall June 6, 2022
  • Saint Vincent to invest $11M in new technology and hospital improvements

    Katherine Hamilton June 2, 2022

    Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester announced Thursday it has invested $11 million in the Worcester hospital’s facilities and services.

    Katherine Hamilton June 2, 2022
  • YOU, Inc. buys $1.7M office in Southbridge Innovation Center

    Katherine Hamilton June 2, 2022

    A 16,473-square-foot building within the 150-acre Southbridge Innovation Center has been sold for $1.7 million to the nonprofit YOU, Inc., an affiliate of the Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates, according to a Wednesday press release from

    Katherine Hamilton June 2, 2022

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