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The Supreme Court has turned away an emergency appeal from employees at the largest hospital system in Massachusetts who object to the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Justice Stephen Breyer did not comment Monday in rejecting the request from employees at Mass General Brigham for a religious exemption to the system’s vaccine requirement. Lawyers for the employees said in...

A group of hospital workers lost a legal bid against Mass General Brigham’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement on the day unvaccinated employees face unpaid leave. The lawsuit against the hospital system sought an injunction against the mandate that employees must be vaccinated against coronavirus. Eight employees named in the suit said they should be exempt for religious and medical reasons....

In a lawsuit filed against the Mass General Brigham hospital system, eight hospital workers say they’re against receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and shouldn’t be forced into it because they have exemptions based on religion and disabilities. They argue they should be accommodated and they should not be retaliated against. “The history of vaccine mandates by employers has been rather...

Persistent concerns about the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years are curbing access more than four months after regulators approved it.

Hundreds to thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs Friday for failing to comply with vaccine mandates at two of the state’s largest hospital systems.

Hundreds to thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs for failing to comply with vaccine mandates at two of the state’s largest hospital systems. Friday is the deadline for employees at Mass General Brigham and Boston Medical Center to receive their first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. “Employees are still submitting documentation so we won’t know...

Massachusetts hospitals are preparing to fire hundreds of employees who fail to comply with COVID-19 vaccination requirements designed to protect patient safety. Officials at hospitals across the state told The Boston Globe they don’t expect the number of employees who are fired because of vaccine mandates to result in cuts to patient services, but they are stepping up recruitment...

Beth Israel Lahey Health and Mass. General Brigham — two of the biggest hospital systems in Massachusetts with more than 100,000 employees — are telling doctors, nurses and staff they must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October.

YouTube taps Mass General Brigham to target medical misinformation

Leadership at Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Wellforce said Thursday that requiring vaccinations for employees is critical.

Three major Massachusetts hospital systems say they will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, even those who do not have direct contact with patients. Leadership at Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Wellforce said Thursday that requiring vaccinations for employees is critical. Mass General Brigham told its 80,000 workers Thursday that it will be requiring them…

Massachusetts General Hospital President Peter Slavin announced Wednesday that he plans to step down from the institution after 18 years in the role, the latest executive to leave as the hospital’s parent organization, Mass General Brigham, continues its systemwide integration efforts. In an email, Slavin said he has reflected over the decision for months. “I have concluded there will never…

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit some communities in Massachusetts harder than others, and access to testing hasn’t always been easy. Now, new mobile testing vans are hoping to change that. “By meeting our patients where they are at, we’re able to work towards decreasing testing hesitancy,” said Dr. Priya Sarin Gupta, a physician at Mass General Hospital. Mass General...

Mass. General Brigham has launched a fleet of community health vans that not only offer free COVID testing, but also care kits as well as information on how to stop the spread.

Dr. Betsy Nabel will depart from Brigham and Women’s Hospital after 11 years as CEO to take a job at a biotech company. The hospital said that Nabel will depart March 1 to work with her husband, Dr. Gary Nabel, who left a job at Sanofi to launch his own biotech company. Brigham’s parent company, Mass General Brigham, said it…

With a second surge underway, Mass General Brigham closed the 12-month period that ended in September with a $351 million operating loss — one of the worst in its 26-year history. Fiscal 2020’s losses work out to a negative 2.5% operating margin. The decrease is the largest in the hospital’s 26-year history, and nearly erases the gains the health system…