HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — The Gándara Center’s Project Health program will host a National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Vigil for the Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts (JAWM) was recognized recently by Massachusetts’ Department of Youth Services (DYS) for its

PALMER — Baystate Health’s Senior Class will hold a free seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 29 titled “Bones, Muscles, and Joints,

LONGMEADOW — Donna Levin, executive director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and co-founder of Care.com, will

WORCESTER — AdCare Hospital recently welcomed Andrea Tirocchi, LMHC as program manager. “In addition to supervising clinical aspects of patient

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health’s Senior Class will hold a free seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 23 titled “Scope It Out! Colon

SPRINGFIELD — Square One has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation. The grant is part

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health will host an open-house recruitment event on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SOUTH HADLEY — Savvy Caregiver, a free, six-session training series for family and friends caring for someone with dementia or

WARE — Seats remain available for EMT training beginning Monday, Oct. 28 at E2E: Quaboag Region Workforce Training and Community

SPRINGFIELD — The third annual class of Healthcare Heroes will be honored at the Sheraton Springfield on Thursday, Oct. 17

SPRINGFIELD — Shiners Hospitals for Children – Springfield and iHeart Radio will host their annual Love to the Rescue Radiothon on Thursday

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Program has been awarded a five-year, $996,172 Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA) Long Term

SPRINGFIELD — Two magic shows on Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Armory at MGM Springfield will benefit the Treehouse Foundation,

NORTHAMPTON — In some areas of Hampshire County, at least 15% of residents do not have reliable access to nutritious,

AMHERST — A UMass Amherst biostatistician will receive up to $3 million in funding over the next five years from

AMHERST — The public is invited to the opening of a photography exhibit in the Applewood gallery, featuring the work

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) reported the state’s first death from a vaping-associated lung injury, a woman in

HOLYOKE — The fourth annual River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC) Golf Tournament, held on Sept. 13 at East Mountain Country

BOSTON — With the arrival of flu season in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health (DPH) urges people to get

PALMER, WARE — The Baystate Mary Lane and Baystate Wing Hospital Community Benefit Advisory Council announced a of a total of

HOLYOKE — Students enrolled in health science programs at Holyoke Community College (HCC) will benefit from a $230,068 state grant for the

SPRINGFIELD — Taylor Street Dental and Dr. David Peck announced the addition of Mahmoud Homsi, DMD to its dental practice

NORTHAMPTON — How does Cooley Dickinson Health Care identify the healthcare needs of the community it serves and support programs

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College’s dental hygiene program and the Valley District Dental Society will co-host the fourth Community

HOLYOKE — Beginning Sunday, Oct. 6, the Children’s Museum at Holyoke will hold Sensory Sundays, a program designed for families with

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) will host its annual gala on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Log Cabin. All

SPRINGFIELD — Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts (JFS) will host a workshop, “Home Your Own Way: Should I Stay

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) will apply $500,000 in state funding to enhance programs in health science and electrical

SPRINGFIELD — The Center for Human Development (CHD) invites members of the social-work, counseling, human-services, and education communities, as well

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Richard Shuman has been named CEO of Baycare Health Partners Inc. and its subsidiary, Pioneer Valley Accountable

CHICOPEE — In honor of National Disability Awareness Month in October, Gina Kos, executive director of Sunshine Village, invites the

WEST SPRINGFIELD — In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Lexington Group will host an Aeron chair hockey tournament on Wednesday,

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Thunderbirds, AHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced a new marketing partnership with Facial Cosmetic & Maxillofacial

SPRINGFIELD — United Way of Pioneer Valley announced that Hampden County residents have saved $653,825 on their prescription medications thanks

AMHERST — Nursing researcher Karen Giuliano, who recently joined UMass Amherst, has been selected by the American Assoc. of Critical-Care

SOUTH HADLEY — The Loomis Communities invites the public to free exercise and wellness events taking place at all three Loomis

SPRINGFIELD — Eversource, New England’s largest energy-delivery company, presented a check for $2,500 to the Mental Health Assoc. (MHA) to

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that laboratory testing has confirmed the 12th human case of

GREAT BARRINGTON — The Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative (BFHC), a MassHealth accountable-care organization (ACO) partnership plan, announced the launch of