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The Remarkable Story of Vivien Thomas, the Black Man Who Helped Invent Heart Surgery

Thomas never went to medical school, but he had a genius, a stunning dexterity. He might have been a great surgeon. Instead, he became a legend.
Health, History, Features, Baltimore  |  6 months ago
Health

She Searched Everywhere for a Kidney Donor. It Turned Out Her Adoptive Sister Was a Match.

When Jen Gallagher was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, her doctors said she'd need a transplant within a decade.
Health, Medicine, Transplants, kidney donation  |  Nov 13, 2019
Health

This San Francisco-Based Medical Startup Wants to Change the Way DC Uses Primary Care

Forward opened its first DC location near City Center this week.
Doctors, Medicine, Forward, primary care  |  Jul 18, 2019
News & Politics

A Woman in a DC Courtroom Got Sick. Good Thing Anthony Fauci Was in the Jury Pool.

Even world-famous doctors get jury duty.
Anthony Fauci, NIH, Medicine, Jury Duty  |  Mar 22, 2019
Photograph by Jeff Elkins.
Health

Georgetown’s Dean of Medical Research On the Joys of Being Wrong

"Even when you can't cure something, if you can give someone the time to watch their kids grow up, graduate, and marry, you've given that person a life."
Georgetown University, Cancer, NIH, Medicine  |  Jun 13, 2018
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