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Tufts Medical Center statement on Wall Street Journal Op-Ed from August 8, 2021.

View resources that can be used to relax and reduce stress during the coronavirus.

May the joy of this season live in your heart all year through.

MelroseWakefield Hospital officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers working directly with COVID patients last Wednesday afternoon.

Lowell General Hospital received its first delivery of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, December 18, morning and began staff vaccination clinics the next day.

Front-line workers were the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a landmark day soaked with emotion and optimism at MelroseWakefield.

Caregivers at Tufts, as well as colleagues at two sister community hospitals, MelroseWakefield Hospital and Lowell General Hospital, were selected to be vaccinated Tuesday as hospitals start providing the first of the two shots required for the vaccine.

Fedex dropped off a small box full of big hopes at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Tuesday morning.“This is truly the answer we’ve been waiting for,” said Dr. Steven Sbardella, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer.

“I’m absolutely going to get it, yes!,” said Dr. Steven Sbardella, the chief medical officer at MelroseWakefield Hospital. “I hope to be one of the first ones to get it.”

Frontline workers at Tufts Medical Center are among the first people in Boston to get the coronavirus vaccine.

Tufts Medical Center is recognized with an ‘A’ Rating in the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for meeting the highest patient safety standards.

Add a little zest to your meals this winter – it’s citrus season!

No one would have been surprised if this year’s Lowell General Hospital Sun Santa Themed Basket Raffle fell a little short of expectations. After all, the baskets could not be viewed in person, and the annual festive drawing was done without an audience.

When you're having a heart attack, minutes matter. Just ask Lowell resident David Nowak. On an October night three years ago, he started experiencing arm pain and what he thought was heartburn.

In response to the state’s request to provide additional patient capacity in the region, Lowell General Hospital is working with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and UMass Lowell to recreate an Alternative Care Site at UMass Lowell’s Campus Recreation Center.

The MelroseWakefield Hospital surgery team recently performed their 1,000th robotic-assisted surgery.

The Reid R. Sacco Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program at Tufts Medical Center was created 7 years ago and the team has shared the creation and model of care in a recent publication.

Lawrence, Mass. – Home Health Foundation President and CEO Karen Gomes, RN, MS, CPHQ has been elected as vice president of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts Board of Directors.

In a year full of so much uncertainty, it is important to step back and remember what we are thankful for.

The holidays are a little different this year, but the needs of local families across Greater Lowell is greater than ever.