{"id":6397,"date":"2025-04-13T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=6397"},"modified":"2025-04-13T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:23:25","slug":"nurses-developing-mysterious-brain-tumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/nurses-developing-mysterious-brain-tumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses Developing Mysterious Brain Tumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses Developing Mysterious Brain Tumors<br \/>\nSource: Health Exec \u2013 Written by Chad Van Alstin<br \/>\nPublished: April 8, 2025<br \/>\n1. Five nurses working on the same floor at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with benign brain tumors.<br \/>\n2. In total, 11 staff members on the same unit reported health issues.<br \/>\n3. The affected unit is the fifth-floor maternity ward at the hospital, part of Mass General Brigham.<br \/>\n4. The hospital began a full investigation in December 2024, conducting interviews and comprehensive environmental assessments following CDC guidelines.<br \/>\n5. According to hospital officials, no environmental risk factors were found that could explain the brain tumors.<br \/>\n6. The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) has raised concerns about the thoroughness of the investigation, citing over 300 complaints from staff across the hospital.<br \/>\n7. The MNA is now seeking access to medical records for deeper investigation and claims the issue might extend beyond the maternity ward.<br \/>\n8. Despite staff concern, the hospital maintains that the tumors are likely coincidental, stating there is no evidence of environmental hazards.<br \/>\n9. The case has attracted national and international media attention, with coverage by outlets such as NBC10 Boston and The Guardian.<br \/>\n10. The situation remains under investigation, with both the hospital and the nurses\u2019 union closely monitoring developments.<a href=\"https:\/\/healthimaging.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ede357a4dde4e6d1363fede03&amp;id=eb5e08f192&amp;e=e8ff1dad3e\">https:\/\/healthimaging.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ede357a4dde4e6d1363fede03&amp;id=eb5e08f192&amp;e=e8ff1dad3e<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses Developing Mysterious Brain Tumors Source: Health Exec \u2013 Written by Chad Van Alstin Published: April 8, 2025 1. Five nurses working on the same floor at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with benign brain tumors. 2. In total, 11 staff members on the same unit reported health issues. 3. The affected unit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6398,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions\/6398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}