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Family Members Across Three Generations Share Same Birthday, March 16, and Same Birth Time of 3:16 pm After Latest Addition
How Smart Hospitals Push Forward From Pilot to Practice
Hospital Campus in Marlborough Gets $100K for Emergency Department Renovation, Expansion
'Time to act': Overdose deaths decline in Worcester, but the work isn't done
Mentions UMass Memorial Health's efforts in helping to bring down overdose deaths in Worcester.
Field of purple flags remembers Massachusetts lives lost to overdoses
The 2,125 purple flags at UMass Memorial Health represent each life lost to an opioid-related overdose in Massachusetts in 2023. The annual event is about honoring the story behind every single flag and raising awareness.
Growing concern amid spread of mosquito-borne viruses
Dr. Richard Ellison, immunologist and infectious disease specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center, is interviewed about mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE).
UMass Memorial Health unveils new life flight ambulance
UMass Memorial Health is showing off a new ambulance that brings the resources of a life flight helicopter to the streets.
Letter: Ob-gyns look forward to working with midwives to boost care
Letter from Dr. Luu Ireland of UMass Memorial Medical Center applauding the Legislature’s passage of the maternal health bill.
UMass Memorial Medical Center NICU to celebrate 50th anniversary with NICU babies' reunion
This segment features the 50th anniversary of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and features Chair of Pediatrics, Larry Rhein, MD, MPH, and former NICU patient, Todd Bishop, who is now a healthy father with two children of his own.
'It continues to mutate': Parts of Massachusetts seeing COVID-19 case rise
Dr. Michael Hirsh says COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon. In fact, as the virus continues to mutate, Hirsh says it looks to be a permanent fixture like the flu.
"Their mission is to spread widely, but not necessarily make us so sick," Hirsh said.
Great hospitals in America | 2024
The list features the Medical Center as a leading nonprofit academic medical center with excellence in cutting-edge medical technology and specialist services.
UMass Memorial ER is seeing a significant rise in opioid overdoses: What you need to know
The UMass Memorial Health Emergency Department said it began seeing a significant rise in opioid overdoses two weeks ago, and a veterinary anesthetic appears to have entered the street supply of drugs in the city.
COVID infections on the rise: Here's what you need to know to protect yourself
There's no doubt the number of COVID-19 infections are on the rise this summer. If it’s not an official surge, it’s a steep upward curve, and the numbers prove it.
Massachusetts experienced a 33% spike in confirmed and probable COVID cases in the past month, according to the state Department of
COVID infections on the rise: Here's what you need to know to protect yourself
There's no doubt the number of COVID-19 infections are on the rise this summer. If it’s not an official surge, it’s a steep upward curve, and the numbers prove it.
Massachusetts experienced a 33% spike in confirmed and probable COVID cases in the past month, according to the state Department of
UMass Memorial sports medicine doctors, trainers team up to prepare for in-game emergencies
Spearheaded by Dr. Lee Mancini, the head of sports medicine at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, doctors from the sports medicine department along with trainers from local colleges and high school's met at the Buffone Rink in Worcester to practice scenarios where a hockey player has a spinal