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UMass Memorial Medical Center tightens visitor restrictions, expands inpatient beds
January 7, 2022UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has tightened visitor restrictions again in light of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as limiting testing and expanding inpatient bed numbers.
January 7, 2022
New England Recovery Center names new executive director of community relations
January 6, 2022Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., of Worcester has brought back former employee Amy George to fill a newly created role as executive director of community relations for its subsidiary, the New England Recovery Center, in Westborough, the nonprofit
January 6, 2022
Green Meadows cannabis in Southbridge begins servicing medical patients
January 6, 2022The dispensary already served adult-use customers.
January 6, 2022
UMass Memorial Health employee pay affected by ransomware attack
January 6, 2022Employees at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester are among millions affected by a ransomware attack the Lowell-based workforce management company Kronos Inc., resulting in discrepancies in some staff members’ pay, the healthcare provider confirmed
January 6, 2022
Fallon CEO re-elected as board chair of Mass. Association of Health Plans
January 5, 2022The trade group Massachusetts Association of Health Plans re-elected Fallon Health President and CEO Richard Burke as the association's chair, effective Jan. 1, the association announced on Tuesday.
January 5, 2022
Saint Vincent spent upward of $31M in battle against striking nurses
January 5, 2022Saint Vincent Hospital likely spent, at the most modest estimate, upward of $30 million in staffing and police detail costs over the course of a 301-day nurses strike, which officially ended Monday.
January 5, 2022
Worcester County COVID cases spike 288% in two weeks
January 5, 2022Worcester County had 1,882 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, according to data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
January 5, 2022
Striking Saint Vincent nurses ratify contract, end 301-day strike
January 3, 2022Union nurses who have been on strike since March 8 voted on Monday night to ratify a new contract with Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, ending an historic 301-day strike initially hinging on staffing ratios.
January 3, 2022
Site of Vibalogics campus sells for $76M, marking dramatic value jump
January 3, 2022A real estate management firm paid $76 million for a lab and office complex in Boxborough, which became the site of a major expansion for German biologics company Vibalogics just over a year ago.
January 3, 2022
Nearly 1,000 state employees left jobs over vaccine mandate
December 30, 2021Just fewer than 1,000 executive branch employees have left their jobs because they did or would not comply with Gov. Charlie Baker's vaccine mandate for public employees, including 656 people whose departures were involuntary.
December 30, 2021
Mass. DPH launches smoking cessation campaign
December 30, 2021The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday the launch of a new public awareness campaign aimed at promoting state tools to help residents quit smoking and vaping nicotine products.
December 30, 2021
Less than half of vaccinated Mass. residents have received a booster
December 30, 2021More than 2 million Massachusetts residents have received vaccine boosters to add to their protection against COVID-19, but as the omicron variant continues to drive rapid spread, some public health experts warn that the Baker administration has not
December 30, 2021-
City of Worcester sets single-day record for COVID cases Tuesday
December 29, 2021The City of Worcester reported 923 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, setting a new single-day case count record.
December 29, 2021 
CDC halves recommended quarantine time for those who are asymptomatic
December 29, 2021The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has halved its recommended quarantine time to five days for those who have COVID-19 but are asymptomatic, the federal agency announced on Monday.
December 29, 2021
Mass General Brigham encouraged by expansion analysis
December 29, 2021A new analysis of Mass General Brigham's proposed clinics in Westwood, Woburn and Westborough predicts that the sites will result in a "small overall decrease" in health care spending for the services they would offer.
December 29, 2021
UMass school system, including medical school, mandates COVID boosters
December 29, 2021The University of Massachusetts system, which includes UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, is requiring all its students, faculty, and staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster, according to a Tuesday press release from UMass.
December 29, 2021
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