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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
COVID-19 cases have jumped 59 percent in New England in the past 2 weeks
The Baker administration on Tuesday ordered Massachusetts hospitals, already teeming with patients who delayed care during the early days of the pandemic, to reduce nonurgent surgeries to help manage a potential winter rush of people sick with respiratory illnesses, including the flu an
‘Busier than ever,’ Massachusetts hospitals are being ordered to cut back non-urgent care — again
Amid an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations headed into the holidays, Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is ordering Massachusetts hospitals with limited bed capacity to cut back on non-urgent, scheduled procedures.
Hospitals are busier than ever — but not because of COVID
WORCESTER — In the bay outside the crowded emergency department of UMass Memorial Medical Center, the ambulances keep coming.
Just inside the doors, a pair of paramedics wait with their patient, an elderly woman on a stretcher.
Central Mass. vascular surgeons are pioneering a new procedure
A perfect storm is brewing in the world of medicine, as the wave of an aging population collides with a shortfall of future surgeons.
Yet, the vascular surgery specialty in Central Massachusetts is breaking this troubling trend with technological innovation.
How will the COVID pandemic affect flu season?
Countries in the Northern Hemisphere are facing an unpredictable winter as COVID-19 continues to spread during the flu season, experts have warned.
Editorial: Get our healthcare system more funding
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a multitude of problems long lingering in the healthcare system: staffing shortages, racial inequities, increasing mental health needs, lack of access, lack of funding, rising costs, mistrust in the medical establishment.
Baystate Business: Millionaires Tax (Radio)
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.