Mass General Brigham

BOSTON – November 01, 2026 -- More than 4,000 registered nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital will begin an open-ended strike at 7 a.m. on November 12 after rejecting Mass General Brigham's (MGB) "last, best, and final" contract offer. The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), which represents the nurses, describes the action as the largest open-ended strike in Massachusetts history.

The Brigham MNA Bargaining Committee issued the 10-day strike notice on Sunday, November 1. Members voted to reject the offer on October 23. Talks with MGB resume on November 9, three days before the strike deadline.

"We are ready to strike but are equally prepared to negotiate a fair contract," said Kelly Morgan, RN, a labor and delivery nurse and chair of the bargaining committee.

Nurses demand limits on temporary staff, a float differential and insurance choice

The union's contract priorities include:

Tampa – October 31, 2026 -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has promoted Lijah Lokenauth, CPA, CFE, to executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 4, 2027, replacing Mark Runyon in the system's top finance role.

Lokenauth currently serves as senior vice president of finance. He will oversee the financial strategy and operations supporting the academic health system's long-term sustainability and strategic priorities.

Runyon moves to executive special projects after raising more than $1.2 billion in bonds

Runyon, who joined TGH in early 2020, will become executive vice president of executive special projects, reporting directly to President and CEO John Couris. During his tenure, Runyon guided the system through the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and raised more than $1.2 billion in capital through bond financing. He also secured a credit rating upgrade and modernized systemwide financial reporting.

TAIPEI – October 29, 2026 -- The 2026 Global Health and Welfare Forum brings together 43 speakers and moderators from 11 markets on Oct. 19–20 to test how AI, interoperable health data and precision medicine can move from research into hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical-device companies and care networks. The program runs under the theme "The Future of Global Care: Achieving Trust-Centric Digital Health."

Secaucus – October 19, 2026 -- A broader set of lab criteria identified primary aldosteronism (PA) in 26.2% of 60,449 U.S. patients, twice the 13.0% flagged under the Endocrine Society's 2025 guidelines, according to a Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) study published in the journal Hypertension.

Study compares 2025 guideline cutoffs with a permissive threshold

Researchers from Quest Diagnostics, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School analyzed deidentified Quest lab results. The 2025 criteria require plasma renin activity (PRA) of 1 ng/mL/h or lower, aldosterone of at least 7.5 ng/dL and an aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) above 15. The permissive criteria keep the PRA limit, set aldosterone above 5 ng/dL and drop the ARR requirement.

The authors describe the 2025 guidelines as "overly restrictive," with cutoffs that capture only the most advanced cases.

Boston – October 02, 2026 -- Some 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital will launch an open-ended strike at 7 a.m. on October 14, 2026, in what the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) calls the largest open-ended nurse strike in state history, unless Mass General Brigham (MGB) agrees to a new contract.

Nurses authorized the strike by a record 2,986-to-215 vote on September 24

The tally marks the highest yes-vote total for any nurse strike authorization in Massachusetts history, according to the MNA. The vote came as state data confirmed MGB posted a total margin of $2.3 billion, making it the most profitable hospital system in the Commonwealth for a second consecutive period.

Boston – September 21, 2026 -- Nurses and clinicians across Mass General Brigham (MGB) will stage rallies outside the health system's World Medical Innovation Forum on September 22 and 23, escalating a labor dispute that culminates September 24 when 4,000 Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses vote on authorizing an open-ended strike.

Brigham nurses to vote September 24 on open-ended strike authorization

The vote runs from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at multiple locations. A "yes" result would empower the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) Bargaining Committee to call a strike, though no date has been set; nurses must give 10 days' legal notice before any walkout begins. The move follows a July 8 strike and a subsequent four-day lockout imposed by MGB, with the hospital system refusing additional negotiating sessions since August.