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UMass Memorial Health is showing off a new ambulance that brings the resources of a life flight helicopter to the streets.

Letter from Dr. Luu Ireland of UMass Memorial Medical Center applauding the Legislature’s passage of the maternal health bill.

The list features the Medical Center as a leading nonprofit academic medical center with excellence in cutting-edge medical technology and specialist services.

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. 

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.

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.

Learnings from ongoing Healthy at Home Study at UMass Chan Medical School pave the way for expansion of innovative COPD care at home.

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 injury or laceration and every second counts. 

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 Public Health. Cases jumped from 1,901 in early July to 2,929 in early August.