Monica Benevides

Following an historic $15-million pledge in February by UMass alumni Dan and Diane Casey Riccio, their eponymous neuroscience fund will support four projects in 2022.

Greater Worcester is ranked among the top 25 life science research talent pools, according to a report from Dallas real estate services and investment firm CBRE Group, Inc.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester was awarded a $499,815 Skills Capital Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to update three nursing labs.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is the first hospital in Central Massachusetts to offer aquablation treatment for people with enlarged prostates, the hospital announced on Monday.

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported 228 monkeypox cases in Massachusetts, a number much higher than any other state in New England.

Avenge Bio, Inc., a Natick biotechnology company, announced on Monday that a paper has been published on the efficacy of its LOCOcyte immunotherapy platform, which is used to administer treatments to solid tumors.

The couples were pulled from a larger study of pregnant patients who received outpatient care at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester have developed a web application which will allow researchers and public health officials to track variants and clinical information about COVID-19 in Central Massachusetts, the medical school said on Thursday.

Marlborough-based medical technology company Hologic’s second annual Global Women’s Health Index reveals a lack of progress in women’s health care indicators worldwide.

Fallon Health has awarded $150,000 across 13 organizations as part of its 2022 Community Impact Grants.

A Sept. 22 study released by Worcester-based nonprofit Wake Up Narcolepsy has found physicians in and around Boston may know less about diagnosing narcolepsy than they think they do.

Affyimmune Therapeutics, Inc., a Natick-based clinical stage biotech company specializing in solid cancer treatment, has named biotech entrepreneur and executive Robert Forrester to its board of directors.

UMass Chan Medical School and Family Health Center of Worcester are teaming up on a $2.8-million grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has awarded 11 grants totaling $900,000 as part of its activation fund program..

The City of Worcester recommends residents take precautions amid an unusually high nationwide outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.

Worcester insurer Fallon Health has donated $200,000 to the City of Worcester to establish a five-year fitness program at the Worcester Senior Center.

Milford Regional Medical Center ’s Mélange 2022 Gala and Live Auction raised a record-breaking $1.1 million on Nov. 5 after returning to an in-person event.

Dr. James Ledwith, Family physician and a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received the Worcester District Medical Society’s Dr. A. Jane Fitzpatrick Community Service award.

The shoes were donated to Community Healthlink for the organization to distribute to people with autism in the community during the holiday season.

Five behavioral health clinics in Central Massachusetts will be part of a statewide network aimed at streamlining access to behavioral health care and cutting down emergency room visits.