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Harrington Hospital Celebrates New ICU
Bigger rooms with increased capacities for equipment and procedures are just some of Harrington Hospital's new ICU accommodations.
Cuteness alert: Meet UMass Memorial Medical Center’s first baby of 2025
Features UMass Memorial Medical Center’s first baby of 2025, Ezra.
New medical pavilion at UMass Memorial arrives amid lingering health care obstacles
Quotes Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, on the opening of UMass Memorial Health North Pavilion.
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Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO of UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, on the rise in Covid cases and hospitalizations.
Rutland hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinic for kids as eligibility expands
RUTLAND, Mass. - COVID-19 vaccination eligibility is expanding in Massachusetts. Anyone 18 and older can now receive a booster shot. Meanwhile, younger kids are getting their first doses of the vaccine.
FDA expands COVID-19 booster shot authorization to all U.S. adults
Nov 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines for all adults six months after having been fully vaccinated with the shots from either Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and partner BioNTech SE or Moderna Inc (MRNA.O).
Mass. hospitals say capacity a ‘serious challenge’ as they head into a worrisome winter
Massachusetts hospitals continue to face bed space issues this fall as a worrisome winter looms, the head of the state hospital association said Friday.
No ICU beds: Boston MedFlight's operations severely impacted by capacity, staffing crisis
Picture this: You're critically ill, perhaps dying, and your nearby hospital doesn't have any open beds in its intensive care unit.
'This is a disaster': Hospitals strain with more patients, fewer employees
Capacity challenges and workforce issues have created unprecedented strain on the state's hospitals.
'This is a promising first step': Hospital leaders say more reform needed to fix health care
Legislators are preparing a bill that would make it harder for large health systems to expand to the suburbs, a proposal that several hospital leaders applauded as a promising first step to shoring up the state’s most vulnerable institutions.
Baystate Business: Fair Wages (Radio)
Dr. Robert Klugman, medical director of employee health at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, on the vaccine mandate for their employees (1:02:19)
What will Boston’s new Wuniverse bring?
In her victory speech after cruising to a landslide win in the Boston mayor’s race, Michelle Wu spoke of the urgency of “bold” change to “meet the moment” the city is facing, a theme she sounded throughout her campaign.
Massachusetts hospitals see sharp increase in demand for monoclonal antibody treatment
Demand for monoclonal antibodies to treat coronavirus has surged at Massachusetts hospitals in recent months as awareness about the once-little-known drug and its incredible effects is increasing, bringing patients in from a dozen different states.
COVID rates in Massachusetts schools have been below 1% this academic year
Though kids ages 5 to 11 are starting to get vaccinated against COVID-19, one Central Massachusetts physician said a big drop-off in case counts isn’t expected.
MGB, Tufts, other hospitals terminate hundreds over vaccine mandates
The state’s largest health systems are terminating hundreds of health care workers for failing to meet vaccine mandate deadlines.
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Dozens of high school girls gathered to shadow experienced UMass Memorial OB-GYNs in the operating room and learn from their experiences in a roundtable discussion.
Learn more about this collaboration with @UMassChan and @girls_inc https://t.co/aA4ayRHOd0— UMass Memorial Health (@umassmemorial) July 23, 2024