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Gov. Charlie Baker ordered hospitals in Massachusetts facing shortages of beds to reduce certain scheduled medical procedures considered nonessential or non-urgent, starting Monday, Nov. 29.

UMass Memorial Health announced Wednesday its plans to donate $1 million to the City of Worcester to establish of the Worcester Health Equity Fund.

As a hospital system, we must model the behavior we want to encourage and be the change we want to see in the community.

During a September town hall meeting, UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson, stressed the importance of caregiver vaccinations and described possible termination for staff who remained non-compliant with the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The Sturbridge Agricultural & Equestrian Center on Friday submitted an application with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to construct and operate a racetrack in Sturbridge, marking the first of many steps for pushing forward the proposed project, according to a Monday press release from the center.

Call it the story no one wants to talk about. The already tight labor market is getting worse and worse, driven by several factors, and now most notably by workers who are either quitting or being fir

What some are calling the worst U.S. health care labor crisis in memory is sharpening concerns about attrition from resistance to vaccine mandates.

A small group of health care workers at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester took part in a protest against the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The...

What some are calling the worst U.S. health care labor crisis in memory is sharpening concerns about attrition from resistance to vaccination mandates -- even in the medical mecca of Massachusetts, where covid-19 cases remain well within hospital capacity.

A number of residents from across Dallas County received various awards at the 2021 Iowa State Fair.