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Patient Who Received Pig Kidney Becomes First To Progress to Human Kidney Transplant

Study shows xenotransplantation can serve as a bridge for patients with end-stage kidney disease

2 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Bringing Depression Treatment to Texas With Lessons Learned in India

Online training for mental health care providers delivers hope to communities

6 min read
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Research Care Delivery

From a Bicycle Seat, an HMS Postdoc Sees Roadblocks Facing Rural Medicine

George Usmanov investigates access to stroke care during grueling race

6 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Falling Off the Medicare-Medicaid ‘Cliff’ at 65

States consider how to ease sudden gaps in coverage for low-income Americans

6 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Reimagining Global Health in 2026

Symposium explores evolving roles of U.S., HMS amid rapid change

7 min read
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Education Care Delivery HMS Community

From Patient to Neurosurgeon

Graduating MD student Nikki Pérez advances efforts to expand global access to neurosurgery

5 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Study Suggests AI Is Good Enough at Diagnosing Complex Medical Cases To Warrant Clinical Testing

LLM outperformed physicians on clinical tasks spanning published cases, real-world emergency room data

3 min read
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Research Care Delivery

What Medicare’s Oncology Care Model Has Taught Us About Value-Based Care

Health care policy researcher Nancy Keating discusses two new studies that suggest the short-lived experiment was more successful than previously thought

5 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Hearing Restoration From Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Lasts Years, New Trial Results Show

Largest, longest clinical trial to date shows benefits extend to adults

4 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Tracing the Role of Physicians, Medicine, and Disease in the American Revolution

Medical history article series marks war’s 250th anniversary

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Photograph of the John Trumbull painting “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775” depicts Colonial and British soldiers on a stormy hilltop while Joseph Warren lies mortally wounded in the arms of a comrade.
Research Care Delivery

Insurance Data Could Help Fill Gaps Between Longer Clinical Trials

How real-world data can provide answers for patients up against the clock

4 min read
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Research Education Care Delivery

New Postdoctoral Fellowship Tackles U.S. Health Inequity

First fellow, Nadav Sprague, applies life lessons to the science of better health

5 min read
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