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Health Care

  • Reviving golf in Gilbertville: Family-run course saved by investor

    Sloane M. Perron Updated: March 21, 2022

    The former Dunroamin Country Club is a microcosm reflecting the turbulent ups and downs the entire golf course industry has experienced over the last three decades.

    Sloane M. Perron Updated: March 21, 2022
  • Movers & Shakers for March 21, 2022

    Updated: March 21, 2022

    Cornerstone Bank, GFA Federal Credit Union, LLB Architects, and Mirick O'Connell were among the companies who all announced new hires and promotions.

    Updated: March 21, 2022
  • Meeting 2022 with optimism: Post-COVID conferences returning

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: March 21, 2022

    The mood is now decidedly upbeat when it comes to meetings and conferences coming back to Worcester venues such as Mechanics Hall, the DCU Center, and AC Hotel by Marriott Worcester.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: March 21, 2022
  • SALMON expanding into home health care

    Sam Bonacci March 16, 2022

    SALMON Health and Retirement, a Milford-based senior care provider with locations throughout Massachusetts, is expanding into home health care, offering services including private care, hospice care, and Visiting Nurse Association services for

    Sam Bonacci March 16, 2022
  • Fallon sent 24K winter-health care packages

    Sam Bonacci March 16, 2022

    Worcester’s Fallon Health has sent out 24,000 care packages to members covered under the insurance company’s Fallon Medicare Plus and NaviCare plans.

    Sam Bonacci March 16, 2022
  • UMass Chan looking to fill 600 positions

    Sam Bonacci March 16, 2022

    UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will hold a job fair on March 30 to fill positions for a variety of departments, including emergency medicine, facilities management, information technology, and psychiatry,

    Sam Bonacci March 16, 2022
  • Baker proposes $1.4B funding for behavioral health care

    State House News Service March 16, 2022

    After watching the pandemic exacerbate the need for improved access to behavioral health care, Gov. Charlie Baker doubled down Tuesday on a plan to force providers and insurers to inject up to $1.4 billion into the system over the next three years

    State House News Service March 16, 2022
  • Central Mass. nonprofits split $7.4M for workforce, arts, and community enhancement

    Anthony Buscarino March 14, 2022

    Seven nonprofits from around Central Massachusetts are slated to receive $7.4 million in funding from the $1.5-trillion federal appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Saturday.

    Anthony Buscarino March 14, 2022
  • Autism service opens Worcester location 

    Katherine Hamilton March 14, 2022

    Autism Care Partners, a healthcare service for children with autism, held a ribbon cutting for a new facility on Harvard Street in Worcester on Saturday.

    Katherine Hamilton March 14, 2022
  • Veterans Inc. receives $430K for Shrewsbury detox center

    Sloane M. Perron March 14, 2022

    Veterans Inc. has received $430,000 to support behavioral health services for veterans and their families, as part of a the new $1.5-trillion federal appropriations bill passed in early March.

    Sloane M. Perron March 14, 2022
  • UMass Chan researchers identify toxin linked to ALS

    March 11, 2022

    The research team, headed by UMass Chan neurology professors Brigitte van Zundert and Robert Brown discovered in a mouse study that a toxin known as polyP is a likely contributor to motor neuron death.

    March 11, 2022
  • Mass. COVID deaths were overcounted, DPH reports

    State House News Service March 11, 2022

    When state public health officials publish Monday's report about the latest COVID-19 impacts on Massachusetts, the cumulative death toll through two years of the pandemic will suddenly stand about 15 percent lower.

    State House News Service March 11, 2022
  • Hologic teams with tennis association to support women’s equality

    Sloane M. Perron March 10, 2022

    Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic Inc. partnered with the Women’s Tennis Association to further the company’s focus on women’s wellness and equality.

    Sloane M. Perron March 10, 2022
  • Mustang Bio refinances $75M to further fund R&D

    Sam Bonacci March 9, 2022

    Mustang Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Worcester, has announced $75 million in debt refinancing.

    Sam Bonacci March 9, 2022
  • Fallon profits cut in half during investment-heavy year

    Sam Bonacci March 9, 2022

    Worcester insurer Fallon Health had $33.1 million in net income in 2021, according to a year-end financial report released Tuesday, on revenue of $1.8 billion.

    Sam Bonacci March 9, 2022
  • Care Central VNA CEO to retire, be replaced by Worcester exec

    Katherine Hamilton March 9, 2022

    Elaine Fluet will retire from her role as president and CEO of Care Central VNA & Hospice, Inc. in Gardner, and Holly Chaffee, who previously led Worcester’s VNA Care, will take her place.

    Katherine Hamilton March 9, 2022

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