Mass General Brigham

Force in Play

Bargained more than 15 hours Nov. 9 without a deal; onboarding agency nurses ahead of Nov. 12 strike

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 9 hours ago

Built World

Closing its PANS/PANDAS program on Jan. 1, 2027

Mass General Brigham will close its PANS/PANDAS program on Jan. 1, 2027, and Dr. Kyle Williams, one of the few psychiatrists there who treats the condition, will leave Dec. 31. The hospital system confirmed his departure after telling patients in a message that it later said was sent in error.

Updated 4 days ago

Rule Changes

Plaintiff

Five Massachusetts hospitals sued Eli Lilly in federal court in Boston on Oct. 27, saying the drugmaker cut off discounted prices to force them to hand over patient claims data. The hospitals are Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, Salem, and two UMass Memorial facilities.

Updated 7 days ago

Built World

Dana-Farber's former partner

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute broke ground on Oct. 19 on a 300-bed hospital built solely for cancer patients, the first inpatient facility of its kind in the Boston region. The $1.68 billion Lavine Bekenstein Cancer Hospital, set to open in 2031 on the former Joslin Diabetes Center site, will have 30 intensive care beds and four floors with specialized air protection for patients with weakened immune systems.

Updated Oct 20

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Clinical partner for the xenotransplant program

Tim Andrews went 271 days without dialysis after receiving a genetically engineered pig kidney in January 2025. In January 2026, he received a human donor kidney — the first time a pig organ has bridged a patient to a human transplant.

Updated Sep 7