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Health Care

  • Saint Vincent nurses vote to stay with MNA union

    Katherine Hamilton March 1, 2022

    On Monday afternoon, nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester voted 302 to 133 against a decertification effort of their membership in the Massachusetts Nurses Association union.

    Katherine Hamilton March 1, 2022
  • UMass to rezone Beaumont to address hospital bed shortage

    Sloane M. Perron February 28, 2022

    UMass Memorial Health in Worcester filed a rezoning petition for the former Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center as part of an effort to add acute care medical-surgical beds to the UMass Memorial Medical Center’s University campus,

    Sloane M. Perron February 28, 2022
  • Milford Medical Center receives $1.6M FEMA award

    Sloane M. Perron February 24, 2022

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reimbursing $1.6 million to Milford Regional Medical Center for the additional costs of operating safely and handling increased patient loads during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Thursday

    Sloane M. Perron February 24, 2022
  • Phio Pharmaceuticals starts animal tests on potential COVID-19 treatment

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2022

    Marlborough drugmaker Phio Pharmaceuticals has begun animal studies on an antiviral compound as a potential treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19.

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2022
  • UMass Chan launches program to help diversify health sciences

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2022

    A lab at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has launched a new program that aims to help increase diversity in health sciences. 

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2022
  • Veristat tabs Boston biopharma executive as new CFO

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2022

    Southborough life sciences firm Veristat announced on Wednesday that Joe Scott has been appointed the firm’s new CFO.

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2022
  • UMass Chan brain research center granted $6M

    Katherine Hamilton February 23, 2022

    David Kennedy, a PhD and neuroinformatics expert at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, received a five-year, $6-million grant renewal to fund a center for brain imaging research.

    Katherine Hamilton February 23, 2022
  • Students seeking out alternatives to the college investment, leaving institutions in financial precarity

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: February 21, 2022

    Two years of pandemic-related enrollment declines are sure to have considerable impacts on colleges, but educators say the problem could be more long-term.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: February 21, 2022
  • Wings Over Worcester owners buy $1.7M medical office

    Katherine Hamilton February 18, 2022

    A 16,600-square-foot medical office on 48 Elm St. in Worcester was bought by the owners of local restaurant Wings Over Worcester, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

    Katherine Hamilton February 18, 2022
  • Framingham genetic testing firm lands $41.5M in funding

    Sloane M. Perron February 17, 2022

    Variantyx, a Framingham firm specializing in advanced genomic testing for rare genetic disorders, reproductive health, and precision oncology, has secured $41.5 million in additional funding to advance its rapidly growing global precision oncology

    Sloane M. Perron February 17, 2022
  • Founder of Westborough medical firm honored for ACL implant

    Sloane M. Perron February 17, 2022

    Dr. Martha Murray, founder of Miach Orthopaedics, Inc., a Westborough firm specializing in bio-engineered surgical implants for connective tissue repair, has been selected for the 2022 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research

    Sloane M. Perron February 17, 2022
  • Healthcare executive to become first female Holy Cross board chair

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2022

    The board of trustees for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester unanimously elected Dr. Helen Boucher as its new chair, the school announced Wednesday. When she begins her term in July, she will be the first female board chair in the college’s

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2022
  • Survey: Workforce crisis hits behavioral healthcare providers

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2022

    Staffing vacancies and turnover have led to waitlists and strained resources among behavioral health providers, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Association for Behavioral Healthcare.

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2022
  • Fallon creates executive position for Medicaid programs

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2022

    Worcester insurer Fallon Health has named Matthew Herndon to the newly created position of senior vice president and chief state programs officer.

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2022
  • Planet Fitness opens second Worcester location

    Sloane M. Perron February 16, 2022

    Planet Fitness, the exercise center franchise headquartered in New Hampshire, has opened its location in Worcester’s Lincoln Plaza at 535 Lincoln St.

    Sloane M. Perron February 16, 2022
  • WPI researcher awarded $1.1M for cell division study

    Katherine Hamilton February 15, 2022

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Amity Manning received a $1.1-million grant for a five-year research project on cell division.

    Katherine Hamilton February 15, 2022

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