Flu activity in Massachusetts has officially reached high levels, and doctors at pediatric emergency departments are seeing a sharp increase in children coming in sick with influenza.

About 1 in 5 women ages 55 to 75 will have a stroke. A new study found that, in their first year of stroke recovery...

A state task force focused on Massachusetts’ primary care access problems has a bold proposition — demand providers and insurers double what they spend on primary care.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is the best hospital for maternity care in Central Massachusetts, according...

A specialized kind of cancer treatment is coming to central Massachusetts. The state Public Health Council on Wednesday...

New healthcare technology will soon be available to residents in Central Massachusetts as Shields Health strengthens its...

UMass Memorial Health Milford Regional Medical Center in Milford earned an "A" grade for its ability to protect its...

Helicopter emergency medical services have been a constant in the everchanging U.S. health care landscape, providing a self-contained, self-reliant means of ferrying patients between hospitals or from the scene of an accident to a higher level of care.

Robin — an interactive, human-assisted robot — is an innovative tool that’s helping make hospital visits less stressful for pediatric patients at the UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center.

Quincy-based Shields Health and Worcester’s UMass Memorial Health are working to upgrade their outpatient center on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street, a 24-hour facility where more than 25,000 patients a year receive scans, which are critical in diagnosing cancer and other diseases.