HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — A respected healthcare professional with more than 30 years of clinical leadership, Frank Cracolici, has been named interim

ENFIELD, Conn. — Are you looking for a career in the healthcare field? Asnuntuck Community College will hold a virtual

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new, national survey conducted by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and Social Sciences Research Solutions shows

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced plans to implement a vaccine mandate for long-term-care (LTC) staff to strengthen infection control

BOSTON — Currently, nearly 20% of American teens are vaping, and close to 25% are using at least one tobacco

SPRINGFIELD — Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services Inc. (MLKFS) appointed Zaida Govan as vice president of Youth Services. She

PALMER — Baystate Wing Hospital received the Paul Coverdell National Stroke Program Award for achieving door imaging (CT scan) in

SPRINGFIELD — Time is running out to schedule back-to-school checkups and sports physicals, said Dr. John O’Reilly, chief of General

HOLYOKE — The Dowd Agencies, LLC, a leading insurance provider serving New England for more than 120 years, has restructured

HOLYOKE — OneHolyoke CDC has partnered with Homework House and several other Holyoke community organizations to host the COVID Freedom

LONGMEADOW — Willie Ross School for the Deaf recently honored longtime board member Susan Conlon Phillips, who passed away in

HOLYOKE — While many organizations are still struggling to navigate the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boys &

NORTH ADAMS — MCLA’s Division of Graduate and Continuing Education is accepting applicants to the college’s fall Degree Completion Program,

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health announced a sweeping COVID-19 vaccination mandate for colleagues on Monday. “At Baystate Health, our top priority

HOLYOKE — Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C. (MBK) will close its offices on Monday, Aug. 2 in honor of its former

SPRINGFIELD — The YMCA of Greater Springfield announced it will hold a golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 20 at the

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) community COVID-19 testing centers are reporting they are fielding more patient calls, the number

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Friday that genetic sequencing of initial samples associated with

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center wrapped up its Heritage Week celebration last week, a time when it reflects on the

SPRINGFIELD — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought numerous challenges to healthcare providers, including an uptick in the number of patients

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of

ENFIELD, Conn. — Asnuntuck Community College will hold two more Admissions & Financial Aid virtual information sessions this summer, on

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced it will invest $186 million of the Commonwealth’s direct federal aid from the American

AMHERST — A scientific team has shown that the release of neurotransmitters in the brain is impaired in patients with

LONGMEADOW — MassDevelopment has issued an $8 million, tax-exempt bond on behalf of Glenmeadow Inc., a nonprofit life-plan community at