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UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester is using a grant to help diagnose retinal diseases in a new partnership with the digital health company AEYE Health.
Black and Hispanic residents in Worcester County have been infected by coronavirus at proportions multitudes higher than white residents, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Massachusetts will become the second state ever to pursue legal action against ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft over their classification of workers, a system that Attorney General Maura Healey argues leaves almost 200,000 drivers without access to…
As businesses throughout Central Massachusetts go back to operations, there are many legal and safety precautions they have to keep in mind and follow.
For businesses such as Smash It 2 in Worcester, they face coronavirus related obstacles, while bringing a new business model to the community in the age of the coronavirus: breaking stuff.
The federal government agreed to rescind controversial guidelines that would have barred international students from staying in the United States if they took online-only course loads in the fall.
Lever of North Adams announced 13 finalists, including three from Central Massachusetts, for the first round of its COVID-19 Intrapreneur Challenge on Tuesday.
\Managing partner David Fields spoke with WBJ about what spurred the brewery's expansion to Vermont, as well as how the company has adapted during the coronavirus pandemic.
Phone and video delivery of behavioral health services had not "gained widespread traction" in Massachusetts prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report that said the state could help boost access to care by extending some telehealth…
The Senate overcame a difficult rollout and several false starts to pass a far-reaching reform of policing in Massachusetts on Tuesday that would ban chokeholds, limit the use of tear gas, license all law enforcement officers and train them in the…
Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.
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