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9-Year-Old Girl with Devastating Skin Disorder Lives in Pain: 'I Can't Play on the Playground'
Nine-year-old Tayma Salim loves drawing flowers, playing with her brother, Arslan, and the color pink.
Inside Hospitals' Digital Command Centers
Every 36 minutes: Amid rising rates of abuse, Central Mass. healthcare providers are pushing state legislation to make hospitals safer for workers
Scientists ramp up efforts to develop vaccine for virus linked to mononucleosis — and worse
Epstein-Barr is one of the world’s most common human viruses and the most frequent cause of infectious mononucleosis — the “kissing disease” that’s the scourge of college campuses…
Lifeflight K9 Transport Training Exercise
UMass Memorial Medical Center, Lifeflight, Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog, the Massachusetts State Police, and several local police departments hold a training exercise focusing on transporting injured police dogs by Life Flight helicopter.
'It's critical to the outcome:' Mental health clinician was on-scene for Friday's police standoff
Lori Simkowitz-Lavigne is the interim vice president for emergency services at UMass Memorial Health's Community Healthlink. She said while not every day, mental health clinicians are dispatched regularly in an attempt to de-escalate tense situations.
Worcester brings mental health crisis treatment on the road
WORCESTER, Mass. - The City of Worcester is taking treatment on the road with a new pilot program for emergency mental health and substance use calls.
UMass Memorial Requesting Proposals from Local Non-profits for Improving the Health System and Individual Health Outcomes
- 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