Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the country experienced rising levels of…
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Spinal stimulators repurposed to restore touch in lost limb
Devices commonly implanted for chronic pain could expand patient access to prosthetic arms that ”feel.”
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Says Virus Will Probably ‘Get Worse Before It Gets Better’
U.S. officials accuse Chinese hackers of targeting vaccine development on behalf of the country’s intelligence service. Dr. Anthony Fauci rejected…
Trump, in a Departure, Says Virus Will Get Worse
More than 20,000 members of the U.S. military have contracted the virus, and the infection rate has soared recently. Major…
To Get People to Wear Masks, Look to Seatbelts, Helmets and Condoms
The ways we built habits around other routine safety measures can inform mask-wearing, experts say.
China Uses W.H.O. Inquiry to Tout Coronavirus Response
The global health agency sent two experts to China, but it is unclear how much access they are getting. They…
China Uses W.H.O. Inquiry to Tout Coronavirus Response
The global health agency sent two experts to China, but it is unclear how much access they are getting. They…
The Expert When the Only
On hospital rounds as a first-year medical student — by far the least clinically experienced team member — I tried…
The Goals of Care — Is There a (Black) Doctor in the House?
One Saturday morning, an ICU physician called and asked me to talk to a family with whom the team was…
Blood transcriptomic discrimination of bacterial and viral infections in the emergency department: a multi-cohort observational validation study
There is an urgent need to develop biomarkers that stratify risk of bacterial infection in order to support antimicrobial stewardship…