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Shuffling patients to other hospital floors, postponing non-urgent surgeries, and revisiting field hospitals are all on the table as COVID cases surge.

Mike Stevenson won the $4,500 co-feature at Cumberland on Wednesday (Dec. 1) with Nets Of Passion, putting himself just four wins away from 2,000 lifetime driving victories.

The omicron variant will be met in the U.S. by a health care system accustomed to COVID-19 surges yet battered by almost two years of fighting the pandemic with no end in sight.

(Bloomberg) -- The omicron variant will be met in the U.S. by a health-care system accustomed to Covid-19 surges yet battered by almost two years of fighting the pandemic with no end in sight.

UMass Memorial Health received certified level 8 status for both acute and ambulatory care.

New policies to combat an increasing number of hospital patients go into effect.

Boston MedFlights operations have been significantly impacted by the crisis of a severe staffing shortage and high volume of high-acuity patients.

UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson says Central Massachusetts has the lowest number of hospital beds per capita in the state amid an...

Charlie Baker's administration is ordering Massachusetts hospitals with limited bed capacity to cut back on non-urgent, scheduled procedures.

Health officials cited pandemic staffing shortages and longer hospital stays for those who earlier delayed treatment; Covid cases are far from the state’s peak.