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Running the Boston Marathon for the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund
The 129th Boston Marathon won’t be John Kelly’s first rodeo.
UMass Memorial Health couple preparing for the 129th Boston Marathon
Lauren Murphy is preparing to run the Boston Marathon and she’s got her husband Brian Rettger by her side.
Husband’s gift, wife’s miracle: the kidney that saved 2 lives
When Erin Murphy thinks about how her husband helped her receive a kidney transplant much sooner than expected, she has only one way to descri
People to Meet in 2022: Mary Hsieh
Understanding the perspectives of both patients and doctors can be a hard road to navigate, but Hsieh believes active listening is key.
People to Meet in 2022: Greg Mirhej
The COVID pandemic took a drastic toll on an already struggling and underfunded behavioral healthcare system. In the wake of lockdowns, a greater need for psychiatric help is often met with endless waiting lists and bed shortages.
What 11 hospital CFOs told Becker's in 2021
Hospital and health system CFOs have navigated many changes and challenges in the industry in 2021, including staffing shortages and rising inflation.
Mass. rainy day fund hits highest level ever
Lots of attention has been paid to Massachusetts’ unprecedented spending, made possible by once-in-a-lifetime federal largesse to pay for COVID-19-related needs. Behind the scenes, Massachusetts has also been saving.
Rollstone Bank & Trust donates $50,000 for cancer patients
FITCHBURG — Rollstone Bank & Trust announced Friday a donation of $50,000 to the UMass Memorial Health’s HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital to expand local complementary care resources to cancer patients, according to a press release from the bank.
Amid surge in patients, hospitals treat more people at home
When Eleni Nicolau became sick with COVID after Thanksgiving, a breakthrough infection that hit the 83-year-old hard, she found herself alone in a hospital room, separated from her family and struggling to breathe.
Vaccine mandates kick in as hospitals struggle with staffing
DOUGLAS BROWN, president of UMass Memorial Community Hospitals, put it bluntly: “We’re going through the worst staffing crisis in our history.”
UMass Memorial further limits visitor policy as COVID cases rise
On Tuesday, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester instituted new visitor policies in response to rising COVID case numbers and the Omicron variant.
UMass Road to Care meets homeless, drug-addicted where they live — on Worcester's streets
WORCESTER — Dr. Erik Garcia’s Monday started at 7:30 a.m. at the Queen Street shelter, where he saw two patients with more than a dozen medical conditions.
High number of breakthrough cases across some Massachusetts hospitals
Between 25 percent to 43 percent of fully vaccinated patients at major Massachusetts hospitals tested positive for COVID-19 in the week ending Dec. 10, WBUR reports.
A defining tragedy': US COVID death toll eclipses 800,000 as winter surge intensifies
As Americans gather to toast the end of another particularly difficult year, many loved ones will be notably missing from holiday celebrations, a glaring reminder of the tragic realities of the coronavirus pandemic.