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A valet at a Boston hospital who was shot in the eye by police as officers confronted a man armed with what they thought was a real gun has sued his employer, saying the hospital’s security staff mishandled this situation. Justin Desmarais, a valet at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was doing his job on Feb. 7, 2020, when he ended…

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…

The new, potentially more contagious coronavirus strains being reported in Britain and South Africa could already be in the U.S., according to infectious disease experts in Massachusetts. “I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center. “Would I expect to see that variance in the U.S.? Of course. People are traveling...

A new strain of COVID-19 prompting lockdowns in the U.K. could already be in the U.S.

Multiple countries are closing their borders to the U.K. after a new coronavirus strain was discovered that is believed to be much more infectious. Dr. Noc, a scientist who has been educating TikTok users on the virus, stopped by LX News to answer our questions about what exactly this means.

Frontline workers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital were among the first in Boston to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Shots were administered Wednesday, one day after the hospital received roughly 2,300 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Dr. Catalina Gonzalez Marques received her shot in the arm after working an overnight shift in the emergency department. The attending physician hopes it sends…

More hospitals doled out the coronavirus vaccine to frontline workers Wednesday.

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…

Anthony Shivers is volunteering to be a part of what could be medical history. Shivers is enrolled in the final-phase study for the vaccine candidate from Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “If you’re going to fight something,” he said, “have something to fight with.” Dr. Lindsey Baden is the lead investigator of the study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,...

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are conducting the final stage of Moderna’s vaccine trial.

In a new large-scale study called TestBoston, researchers at Brigham and Women’s and the Broad Institute will facilitate at-home testing of 10,000 people for both coronavirus and antibodies against it. TestBoston could detect clusters of COVID-19 in the region throughout the fall and winter amid concerns of a second surge and a recent rise in cases. Findings could also determine…

In a new large-scale study called TestBoston, researchers at Brigham and Women’s and the Broad Institute will facilitate at-home testing of 10,000 people for both coronavirus and antibodies against it.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are teaming up for a six-month study of 10,000 people to help them better understand the prevalence of COVID-19 in the area and to help identify potential surges during the fall and winter, they said in a joint statement Tuesday. The study, called TestBoston, will provide…

A Boston emergency room doctor warned this week that if steps aren’t taken now, Massachusetts could soon face a second coronavirus surge and another round of shutdowns. Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said in a series of tweets that he is concerned about the recent uptick in positive COVID-19 cases and deaths in...

Is a “third wave” of coronavirus cases poised to hit the U.S.? Idaho is just one state where outbreaks in college and university towns are contributing to a spike in cases. Dr. Frank Johnson, the vice president for medical affairs at St. Luke’s Clinic in Idaho, joined LX News to discuss what he’s seeing in his state and how the...

The number of COVID-19 cases linked to a coronavirus cluster at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has increased. The hospital announced Thursday that 19 patients and staff members had tested positive. As of Monday, there are a total of 42 cases connected to the outbreak. “To date, 488 employees connected to the cluster have been tested with 30 testing…

Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced Thursday that it has identified a coronavirus cluster including 19 patients and staff members in two of its medical-surgical units. “To date, 98 employees have been tested with 11 testing positive. Fifty patients have been tested with eight positive. This brings the total cases in the cluster to 19,” read a statement from the…

Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced Thursday that it has identified a coronavirus cluster including 19 patients and staff members in two of its medical-surgical units.

Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced Thursday that it has identified a coronavirus cluster including 19 patients and staff members in two of its medical-surgical units.

A coronavirus cluster, including 10 patients and staff members, has been identified at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, officials announced Thursday.