| September deliberations set for nursing staffing ballot question Twenty citizen panelists will participate in four days of deliberations on a 2018 ballot question calling for mandatory nurse staffing ratios, a fiercely debated measure. Joyce Murphy stepping down from Commonwealth Medicine Joyce Murphy, executive vice chancellor for Commonwealth Medicine at UMass Medical School in Worcester, will step down from her role in August and be succeeded by the former CEO of Clinton Hospital. Worcester dialysis center opens Fresenius Medical Care has opened its second Worcester location at 867 Grafton St. UMass Medical School student named Medical Research Scholar UMass Medical School student Grace McKay-Corkum has been named one of just 37 Medical Research Scholars by the National Institutes of Health, and one of just two from Massachusetts.House committee moving toward bill supporting abortion access The House Committee on Ways and Means has begun moving legislation eliminating antiquated anti-abortion statutes, as abortion access has become less certain nationally. | 
