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As the holiday season arrives, so too comes the season for respiratory illnesses. 

Indeed, at UMass Memorial Medical Center, doctors say they’re seeing an uptick in cases of RSV. 

At UMass Memorial Health, there is enough supply of the 50 milligram dose to last for the next three to four weeks, said Dr. Wendy Timpson, clinical chief of the hospital’s neonatology division.

One thing clinicians DO know is that the currently circulating COVID-19 variants are highly transmissible. “Meaning it takes less viral particles to get sick,” said Robert Klugman, MD, a professor of medicine and head of employee health at UMass Memorial Health.

Funding from the Healey-Driscoll Administration will support the organization's mental health initiatives for young children

UMass Memorial Health and Milford Regional Medical Center may merge, signing a letter of intent that will allow the organizations to explore a potential corporate affiliation.

Doctors at UMass Memorial Medical Center are trading in their white coats for something a little more fashionable to help raise awareness for cancer.

UMass Memorial Health's boarding practices reduce the length of time kids are hospitalized in the emergency department, allowing them to receive care in their homes, clinics and in psychiatric units as appropriate.

WORCESTER, Mass. - September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Tuesday night, police from across central Massachusetts came together for UMass Memorial's annual “Bright Lights” for pediatric cancer patients.

The uptick in cases is playing out similarly in other parts of the state. Dr.

• More than $4.8 million available for mental health services, healthcare and public systems navigation and housing
• Funding to range from $150,000 to $250,000 per year for 3-year projects and up to $150,000 for 1-year projects
• A virtual information sess