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Elena Gupta, a fourth-year student at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (right) with her best friend Wendy Zhuo (center) and her best friend’s partner, Jeremy Tran (left), attending the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Match Day ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2025.
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I’m a fourth-year medical student who responded to an in-flight medical emergency. Here’s what I learned

Clinical skills and kindness are both essential qualities of the doctor I’m becoming.

  • May 8, 2025
Little boy fighting measles infection
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Measles cases are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know

Measles is highly contagious and can be dangerous, but vaccines are safe and effective.

  • April 30, 2025
A nurse collecting patient's blood sample in medical clinic
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What's at stake when clinical trials research gets cut

Federal funding cutoffs and pauses threaten studies on critical ailments. ‘Real humans are being affected.’

  • April 24, 2025
Scientist using micro pipette with DNA
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How uncertainty around cuts to scientific research is impacting the future biomedical research workforce

Researchers worry that temporary interruptions in PhD programs could have long-term implications for the biomedical sciences.

  • April 16, 2025

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Legal help as a prescription for health

Often, there's little doctors can do to tackle social factors like unhealthy housing. So medical-legal partnerships are putting lawyers on the care team.

  • Jan. 16, 2024
Attorney Rachel Barr meets with a family at the Child HeLP medical-legal partnership at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where patients often receive legal services right on site.
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New AAMC Data on Diversity in Medical School Enrollment in 2023

U.S. medical schools enrolled a more diverse first-year class in the 2023-24 academic year, with increases among some groups but declines in others.

  • Dec. 12, 2023
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To improve health, hospitals partner to provide housing

People without stable housing frequently rely on the emergency department, prompting more hospitals to invest in affordable housing.

  • April 20, 2023
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The doctor — and the financial coach – will see you now

Recognizing that poverty can drive poor health and even shorten lifespans, hospitals are offering a range of financial services, from tax prep to budgeting.

  • April 13, 2023
Stethoscope and big money US dollar
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WATCH: How the pandemic has impacted medical students now and in the future

Medical students share how the pandemic has shaped their training experiences and their futures as physicians.

  • March 3, 2022
Russyan Mark Mabeza, a student getting his MD-MPH at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, poses for a photo with some fellow medical students.
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Medical Students Learn From Analyzing Their Own Genetic Makeup

Medical schools are introducing the importance of genetics by having students analyze the medical significance of their own genomes.

  • March 28, 2017