Hospitals


Stop-Work Orders Roll In for Harvard Researchers After $2.2 Billion Pause in Federal Funds

Harvard-affiliated researchers have begun receiving stop-work orders on contracts worth tens of millions of dollars less than one day after the Trump administration announced a $2.2 billion pause of federally-funded research Monday evening.


Harvard’s Researchers Take Center Stage in Funding Showdown With Trump

David R. Walt, a professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, lost hundreds of thousands in research funding from the Trump administration last week — just two months after receiving the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement.


In Letter to Employees, Mass General Brigham CEO Says Impact of Funding Cuts Remains Uncertain

Mass General Brigham CEO Anne Klibanski responded to funding threats against its hospitals in an email to employees on Monday night, writing that the impact of the federal funding freeze on MGB and Harvard Medical School’s other teaching hospitals “remains unknown.”


New Cancer Hospital for Dana Farber Leaves Healthcare Experts Skeptical

When the Dana Farber Cancer Institute announced that it was opening a new, $1.7 billion, 300-bed inpatient cancer hospital in 2028 along with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the announcement seemed to promise good news for the region. But healthcare experts aren’t so sure.


Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest

The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts will be felt by Boston hospitals, not the University.


‘Relief and Excitement’: Harvard Medical School Students Match Into Residency

Match Day is an annual tradition taking place on the third Friday of March in which graduating medical students across the country learn where they will spend their residency, a process through which they train in a specialty. Nearly half of the newly-matched students, 78, were placed at an HMS-affiliated training program. Internal medicine was the most popular specialty, with 51 matched students.


Unionized Workers At Mass General Brigham Withdraw Unfair Labor Practice Charge

Residents and fellows at Mass General Brigham withdrew a labor complaint that alleged the hospital system had retaliated against them for unionizing by removing stipends.


Mass General Brigham Announces Mass Layoffs for Administrative Employees

Mass General Brigham announced layoffs for hundreds of administrative and management employees on Monday in anticipation of a $250 million budget gap, an unprecedented decision for Massachusetts’ largest private employer.


Beth Israel Medical Center Residents and Fellows Vote to Unionize

Residents and fellows at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center voted to unionize with 83 percent in favor on Wednesday, joining the Service Employees International Union’s Committee of Interns and Residents.


Mass General Brigham to Launch Home Hospital Care Program for Homeless Veterans

Ariadne Labs at Mass General Brigham is launching a new program to offer at-home hospital care for homeless veterans in transitional housing, according to a press release from the hospital.


Canadian Biotech Company to Supply MDMA for McLean Hospital Clinical Trial

Toronto-based MDMA manufacturer PharmAla Biotech signed a contract to supply researchers at McLean Hospital, an HMS-affiliated psychiatric teaching hospital, with the drug for a pending clinical trial, PharmAla announced in a Oct. 2 press release.


Sale of St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Gets Green Light in Bankruptcy Court

A federal judge in Texas approved the sale of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton and five other hospitals on Wednesday after the hospital’s owner, Steward Health Care, went bankrupt earlier this year.


Judge to Rule on Transfer of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital to Boston Medical Center Amid Steward Crisis

A federal judge in Texas is set to decide whether to approve the sale of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton to Boston Medical Center in a Wednesday hearing following the bankruptcy of its owner, Steward Health Care.


Cambridge Hospital Fellows and Residents Rally for Salary, Benefits Increase

More than 60 medical residents and fellows gathered outside Cambridge Hospital Wednesday to rally for mental health benefits and an increase in resident salary, which they said was the lowest in the Boston area.


Politicians, Affiliates Rally for St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Amid Ongoing Steward Financial Crisis

Dozens of politicians, nurses, residents, and other affiliates of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton gathered on Monday in support of the hospital, which faces an uncertain future amid the deep financial troubles of its owner, Steward Health Care.


Steward-Operated Boston Hospitals Closing Would Be ‘Catastrophe,’ Officials, Experts Say

Experts and local leaders called the threat of two Boston hospitals’ closures a potential “catastrophe” at a city council hearing Thursday as Massachusetts officials respond to an ongoing financial crisis at one of the state’s largest hospital chains.


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