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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has recognized Circle Health with its 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired® recognition.

Your initial vaccination offers strong protection against the COVID-19 virus, and are working well to prevent severe illness, hospitalization and death, even against the widely circulating Delta variant. However, public health experts are starting to see reduced protection, especially among certain populations, against mild and moderate disease.

Lowell General is now the only community hospital in the Merrimack Valley that has equipped its surgeons performing minimally invasive procedures with the most advanced robotic surgical system available today – the Da Vinci Xi.

For the second straight year, the Sun Santa Theme Basket Raffle to benefit Sun Santa Charities had to be done entirely online. But once again, that didn’t stop the community from stepping up and buying thousands of tickets and raising more than $80,000 for people in need at the holidays.

Omicron variant is now predominant.

When Nayara Nascimento went into labor on the morning of December 31, she thought she might have one of the last babies of 2021. Instead, her labor lasted 24 hours, and when little Emily entered the world at 2:47 a.m., she became Lowell General’s first baby of year.

To assist hospitals coping with the worst of the latest COVID-19 surge, Gov. Charlie Baker activated the National Guard on December 21.

As we approach the holiday season, the physicians and staff at Lowell General and Circle Health want to thank you for the support you have shown us over this challenging year.

Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital is welcoming back visitors and the public to the cafeterias at its main and Saints campuses effective January 1, 2023.

Get your flu shot and keep up with your COVID-19 boosters.

The most pressing health issues across Greater Lowell include mental health, chronic health and wellness and substance use, according to the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA).

The 2022 Sun Santa Gift Basket Raffle returned to a live audience inside Clark Auditorium at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital on Tuesday, December 6, and awarded 23 baskets worth a total of $15,000 to lucky winners, and raising $60,000 for Sun Santa Charities along the way.

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Tufts Medical Center neurosurgeons saved Christian's life in Boston after an accident during dangerous game Christian played with his brother, Corey.

Top Boston doctors debate whether students should mask up after a study found that mandates cut COVID cases in Boston-Area schools, plus talk about flu and RSV during NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q+A” series.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is not new. Symptoms resemble the common cold and typically clear up in 1-2 weeks, so most years it blends into the range of cold-weather viruses that bring us cough and congestion.

When your child’s runny nose and cough take a turn for the worse, it can be difficult to know whether it’s just a bad cold or something more serious.

The first baby of the year at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital arrived at 2:15 am on New Year’s Day.

We are very excited to announce that WCVB, Channel 5's Chief Meteorologist, Cindy Fitzgibbon and WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Morning Traffic Anchor, Lori Grande, will be joining us once again to host TeamWalk for CancerCare on Sunday, May 21.

More than 600 guests gathered for a night of fun, fashion and fundraising at CatWalk for CancerCare on Saturday, April 1, at the Burlington Marriott Hotel.