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Mass General Brigham leadership said the health system, the largest in the state, remains committed to its mission following the decision of the Trump administration to freeze $2.2 billion in funding at Harvard University.

The number of staff members who’ve reported benign brain tumors after working on one floor of a Massachusetts hospital is now at six, a hospital official told patients in a message.

In total, 11 staff members on the fifth-floor nursing unit of Mass General Brigham’s Newton-Wellesley Hospital were found to have health issues.

Five staff members at the maternity unit of Mass General Brigham’s Newton-Wellesley Hospital have brain tumors while six others were found to have other health concerns.

Exclusive: MGB plans on-site facility to make personalized stem cells

Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts’ largest employer, has announced the largest layoffs in the hospital system’s history, citing a $250 million budget shortfall. MGB CEO Anne Klibanski informed employees of the impending cuts via email on Monday. Hundreds of management and administrative positions will be eliminated within the next couple of months. While MGB has stated that patient care will not…

Massachusetts’ largest private employer says it needs to cut payroll costs by more than $200 million.

Mass General Brigham has announced the successful completion of another gene-edited pig kidney transplant, the first of a three-person pilot study.

It’s that time of year, with sicknesses making the rounds through the community, and one Massachusetts health care system is stepping up its precautions. “I’ve been sick for three weeks,” said Bradley Silsbee of Lynn. “Pretty much everyone I know is sick or recovering from being sick,” added Katie Callahan of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. Mass General Brigham says...

Mass General Brigham says staff will now be wearing masks when in direct contact with patients amid a spike in respiratory viruses.

Seen a drone flying over Greater Boston recently? It may have been part of a futuristic healthcare delivery pilot involving Mass General Brigham.

After making strides toward financial recovery in 2023, Mass General Brigham financial losses worsened incrementally over the course of the past year ending in September.

Mass General Brigham is no longer delaying non-emergency procedures due to a shortage of intravenous fluids, but said rationing is continuing.

Mass General Brigham has announced it will postpone certain non-emergent, elective procedures due to a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, a spokesperson for the health system said in a statement. The decision by Massachusetts largest hospital and health care system comes in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which has disrupted the supply chain for critical medical supplies across the country….

Mass General Brigham says it has a new way to tell when patients who seem to be in a coma are still aware of their surroundings — a status known as “covert consciousness.”

Two days after the Crowdstrike outage affecting Microsoft computers worldwide caused disruptions at hospitals, airports and more across the Boston area, Mass General Brigham says they’re back to regular service. The hospital says they were able to keep up in emergency departments during the outage. As of Sunday, officials say the hospital is fully functional. Appointments and procedures will go forward...

Three employees of Massachusetts’ largest health care system have been fired over a “privacy incident” concerning the personal information of patients. Mass General Brigham said in a press release Friday that it learned earlier this year that unauthorized access to some patients’ and policy holders’ information may have been granted. The hospital system said it was notifying certain Massachusetts residents…

The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients. The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth. Instead, hospitals will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant,…

Massachusetts’ largest hospital system is pulling its doctors from two medical facilities jeopardized by Steward Health Care’s financial struggles. Lawmakers say Steward plans to close down four of the nine hospitals it owns in Massachusetts: Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Norwood Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, and Holy Family Hospital, which has campuses in...