By Phil Galewitz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Feb. 8--Massachusetts General Hospital has no immediate plans to open a health-care facility in northern Palm Beach County, but the famed institution is still considering the idea, President Peter Slavin said Tuesday.

By Josh Hafenbrack, South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 6--As he signed a contract to put The Scripps Research Institute at a new home in Jupiter, Commission Chairman Tony Masilotti said Friday that Massachusetts General Hospital is negotiating to open a branch in Palm Beach County.