Brigham and Women's Hospital

Force in Play

Onboarding about 800 agency nurses ahead of a Nov. 12 strike; says it remains open to talks

Contract talks between Brigham and Women's nurses and Mass General Brigham ran more than 15 hours on Nov. 9 and ended without a deal. The union reported some progress and said it was ready to resume bargaining, but no new session had been scheduled as of Nov. 10.

Updated 11 hours ago

New Capabilities

Co-produced the circuit map used for targeting

Forty people with treatment-resistant depression received the same accelerated brain stimulation schedule. The only difference was where the magnetic pulses landed. One month later, 80% of those whose target came from their own fMRI scan responded, against 60% of those targeted by scalp measurement.

Updated 3 days ago

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Supplied stored heart-transplant biopsies from 11 patients

A heart from an older donor appears to shed its age after transplant into a younger patient. Within months its DNA methylation pattern — a molecular measure of accumulated cellular wear — realigns to the recipient's biological age.

Updated Sep 28