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Milford Regional to open new Medway satellite location
Announced in the summer of 2023, the new facility will offer adult and pediatric primary care, as well as obstetrics and gynecology, urgent care, and laboratory and radiology services.
Worcester Board of Health votes to support opening safe injection site. What happens now?
Dr. Erik Garcia, an internal medicine physician at UMass Memorial Health who works on the hospital’s Road to Care mobile van, discussed the opening of a safe injection site in Worcester at Monday’s Board of Health meeting
Scary time for Worcester hospitals: patient numbers soaring in ER presents challenges
Emergency rooms statewide are bursting at the seams, with record numbers of patients. It's a situation that is creating challenges to provide safe and effective care.
Milford Regional reaches deal to join UMass Memorial Health system
UMass Memorial Health and Milford Regional Medical Center have signed a definitive agreement for corporate affiliation.
'No joke': Mass. doctors urge vaccination as COVID, flu rates rise
Leaders at UMass Memorial Medical Center are hoping that more mask-wearing cuts down on the number of employees catching infections and calling out sick.
Local doctors note uptick in cases of RSV
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.
Health assessment: Greater Worcester must improve housing, broadband, healthcare workforce
November 17 - The findings of the report will be used to guide community health work over the next three years.
UMass Memorial turns to apprenticeships in effort to boost workforce
WORCESTER, Mass. - This week is Massachusetts Apprenticeship Week, and UMass Memorial Health announced plans to launch its first registered apprenticeship program.
Shortage of new drug to fight RSV: What are the consequences in Worcester?
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.
UMass Memorial to host first annual Vintage Fashion Show for colon cancer
Doctors at UMass Memorial Medical Center are trading in their white coats for something a little more fashionable to help raise awareness for cancer.
Local police bring 'Bright Lights' to pediatric cancer patients at UMass Memorial
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.