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Local youth at the Regional Environmental Council spent Saturday turning old, destroyed guns into garden tools.

The partnership between UMass Memorial Health's annual gun buyback program and Guns 2 Gardens looks to take unwanted guns off the streets.

UWNCM also recently distributed $40,000 to four agencies as part of the second phase of its Determination of Need initiative, funded by a grant from UMass Memorial Clinton Hospital.

Lyon’s story is a harrowing one, starting with a car crash last August and leading to a heart attack, a series of surgeries, and months of recovery that may stretch into years. But it’s one where she’s had support every step of the way, from her family to the staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center

“There's not many people like Erik,” said Justin Precourt, president of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. “He works day and night, tirelessly, to help meet the needs of the underserved and the Worcester community.”

Renovation taking place at UMass Memorial Health – Milford Regional Medical Center just got a massive boost in funding as the Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation has raised $1.3 million for the project through its annual Mélange Gala and Live Auction, setting a record for the event’s 20-year

The entire sector is facing multiple crises right now (workforce shortages, hospital closures, insurance reimbursement shortfalls, vaccine skepticism, etc.), but it is populated by people who represent the best of us. In the below profiles, you’ll read about how this year’s 12 award winners are

On a Saturday afternoon at the Worcester Public Library’s main branch, the center of attention was a rubber prop meant to mimic a wounded human limb.

About a dozen people, women and men of all ages, watched as Stop The Bleed instructor Dominick Dunbar wrapped a tourniquet around the prop

While consumers make a dash for doorbuster deals this Black Friday, David Filar will be running to raise funds for UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center’s Child Life program.Filar, who has lived in Worcester for the last nine years, is embarking on a four-day, 154-mile run across Massachusetts in

Michelle Krzcuik is a labor and delivery nurse and the head of the Maternity Center's Patient and Family Advisory Council.

Medical experts are stressing that members of the public should be up to date on their vaccines as Massachusetts, including the Worcester area, sees a significant spike in two respiratory illnesses. 

One is pertussis, also called whooping cough, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

At UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, the largest health system in Central Massachusetts, a new program will provide Black women who are giving birth access to culturally tailored and equitable support from a doula.