Massachusetts General Hospital

01/05/2026

Pediatric critical care physician Michael Flaherty, DO, shares three items you should always keep in your car.

01/02/2026

Our community fundraisers are the backbone of Mass General Brigham. In 2025, they hosted over 274 events and campaigns, raising more than $6 million for the causes near and dear to them. They held golf tournaments, dinner parties, and concerts; biked, ran, sang, and spread awareness. Giving back to physicians who saved their lives and ensuring exceptional care for future patients, this selfless group of patients and their loved ones went out of their way to give of their time, energy, and talents and rally their communities.

01/01/2026

While many were ringing in the New Year, Mass General was welcoming a very special arrival—Boston's first baby born in 2026! Baby Benjamin “Benji” Robert Kelland arrived at 12:19 a.m. on New Year's Day, weighing 7lbs., 4 oz. and measuring 20 ½ long. Congratulations to his parents, Robert and Chloe Kelland of Waltham, MA, on their new addition.

12/31/2025

In 2025, support from the Mass General and Mass General Brigham community has allowed us to transform patient-centered care, train the scientific pioneers of tomorrow, and build partnerships to create stronger, healthier communities. Now, as we count down to 2026, you can make a gift that will go three times as far in enabling this work in the new year, thanks to the Million Dollar Match. But this opportunity ends at midnight tonight! Don’t miss the final chance to make an unrestricted gift in support of the in 2025. Thank you for being part of the Mass General and Mass General Brigham community!

At Mass General, we will always push the boundaries of what is possible — and we need your help to ensure we can continue providing our compassionate, research-infused care for generations to come.

12/31/2025

As the countdown begins, don’t forget about your heart! ❤️

New Year’s Eve tip: enjoy the celebration, just don’t overdo it. Learn more from Priscilla Wang, MD, MPH, a primary care physician at Mass General.

Dr. Priscilla Wang, a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains why heart problems spike around the holidays and offers advice around the typical triggers that raise a person's blood pressure.

12/31/2025

This year, the future home of cancer and heart and vascular care at Mass General Brigham reached new heights. The Turner-Walsh construction team working on the Phillip and Susan Ragon Building made enormous strides, from meeting major project milestones to making a daily difference in patients’ lives, whether they were walking older patients to appointments amidst the active construction or coordinating toy drives for pediatric cancer patients.

In 2025, the Ragon Building team, comprised of more than 650 workers on site per day, continued construction on the nearly two million square-foot revolutionary facility, laying 42 miles of plumbing pipe, including 14 miles of medical gas pipe, installing 3,600 doors and 1.2 miles of IV track. In addition, dedicated donors stepped up to support the vital project, naming the Herb Chambers Tower and New Balance Foundation Tower. The Ragon Building team worked with patients and staff to ensure future patient rooms meet every need, partnered with the Building Trades Employers' Association - BTEA to raise awareness around substance abuse, supported team members and their families who were receiving medical care at MGB themselves and even had employees join the Mass General Marathon Team to fundraise for the hospital. Here’s a look back at some of the best moments on the building site this year.

12/30/2025

Unrestricted support of Mass General and Mass General Brigham helps us realize the infinite possibilities that stand before us right now in the field of medicine. Gifts made to the today will allow us to enter 2026 with the resources we need to push boundaries in healthcare, while keeping our patients and communities at the center of all that we do. The MGH Fund Million Dollar Match ends tomorrow, and every gift to the will now be matched three times, up to $500,000! Make a year-end donation today, and it will have triple the impact on the year to come!

At Mass General, we will always push the boundaries of what is possible — and we need your help to ensure we can continue providing our compassionate, research-infused care for generations to come.

12/26/2025

This holiday season, the Turner-Walsh construction team working on the future Phillip and Susan Ragon Building are going above and beyond to support childhood cancer patients at Mass General Brigham for Children. While visiting an office on campus where the team obtains work permits, Labor Foreman Sam saw a flyer hanging advertising an ongoing toy drive for pediatric oncology patients. He asked if it would be ok if Turner-Walsh participated. “I saw an opportunity where I thought we could help, and jumped in,” says Sam. From there, the effort took off. Sam worked with the team to tweak the flyer and posted it around the construction site. “Since then, trades workers have been bringing in bags of toys daily,” he says. Thanks to Sam and the Turner-Walsh Ragon Building team, the toy drive has received more donations than ever before. In addition to the toys being handed out around the holidays, the pediatric oncology team will keep the extras on hand and give them out throughout the year to any patients who may be having a particularly challenging chemo treatment, making an impact well past the holidays.

12/24/2025

On Christmas Eve 2024, Abby Wood and her husband celebrated the arrival of their twin boys, Clive and Simon, at Mass General—a hard-earned gift after years of challenges. In 2020, Abby began experiencing heart flutters and was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition that affects the heart’s ability to pump blood efficiently. While navigating this diagnosis, Abby and her husband also struggled with infertility, enduring five failed rounds of IUI.

Further testing revealed Abby had Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, making fertility treatments more complicated. Switching to IVF, doctors implanted a single embryo due to her heart condition, but the embryo split, resulting in identical twins. With close monitoring from Mass General obstetrician William Barth, MD, and cardiologist Whitney Coppolino, MD, Abby delivered healthy twins at 35 weeks.

Today, the Wood family is thriving, celebrating another Christmas together and grateful for the expert care and support they received.

12/24/2025

Psychologist Rachel Goldin, PhD, spoke with WCVB Channel 5 Boston about the unique challenges the holiday season can bring for children with autism.

Dr. Rachel Goldin of MGH's autism center talks about how to plan for the holidays when you have children with autism.

12/24/2025

Flu is on the rise across Massachusetts, hitting children particularly hard this season. "Even if you're all well, if you're flying, taking the train, going with a lot of other people, wearing a mask in crowded spaces is going to minimize your risk of catching something en route," says Vandana Madhavan, MD, MPH, director of pediatric infectious disease at Mass General.

Flu​ is on the rise in Massachusetts, just as people are starting to gather for the holidays.

12/24/2025

Our tiniest patients make the season merry and bright! Happy holidays from the bundles of joy at Mass General. ✨❤️