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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
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.
'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)