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As part of the response to the cluster, Brigham researchers also conducted a case-control study and whole-genome sequencing to identify factors that may have been involved in the viruss spread as well as the most likely chain of transmission. The lessons gleaned from their data have helped inform infection control efforts.

 E-Mail BOSTON -- While deaths related to heart disease have declined among older people, studies suggest that death rates among younger patients have remained stagnant or increased slightly. To understand what factors put younger individuals at higher risk of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), researchers from Brigham and Womens Hospital and the Mayo Clinic analyzed more than 50 risk factors in 28,024 women who participated in the decades-long Womens Health Study. Notably, women under 55...

 E-Mail BOSTON -- For women hoping to achieve a pregnancy using freshly retrieved donor eggs, a new retrospective study led by researchers from Brigham and Womens Hospital may provide important insight. Brigham senior author Janis H. Fox, MD, had observed that when freshly retrieved donor eggs were used, pregnancy rates were higher for fresh compared to frozen embryo transfers. Fox and her colleagues were intrigued by this observation. The team set out to scientifically determine if this obser...

While the coronavirus pandemic dominated the headlines in Weymouth in 2020, it was also a year that saw a great deal on the development front, including the compressor station coming online, a groundbreaking for a new Chapman School, the new Tufts Library opening and a changing of the guard at Union Point. In January, the Southfield Redevelopment Authority board of directors voted unanimously to name Brookfield Properties as the new master developer for Union Point, the 1,440-acre former air ...

Around the nation: AHA names new senior leader who will focus on health equity The American Hospital Association (AHA) has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHAs health equity and inclusion strategies, in todays bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Illinois: AHA has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHAs health equity and inclusion strategies. AHA has appointed Joy Lewis, who previously serve...

Share this article BOSTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Dr. Sandhya Rao has joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts as chief medical officer. Prior to joining Blue Cross, Dr. Rao was vice president of clinical strategy at Haven, the organization formed by Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway. "Dr. Rao brings to our company qualities that are vital to our strategy and mission," said Chief Operating Officer Rich Lynch. "Her deep clinical and health plan experience, knowledg...