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Orthopedic implants have transformed the treatment of fractures and bone defects, yet implant-associated infection remains ...

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An artificial intelligence model developed at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center can scan ordinary chest CT ...

Beneath some of the world’s widest rivers, engineers are boring tunnels more than fifteen meters across—structures so large ...

Public health workers form the quiet backbone of every health system, and when they burn out, the consequences ripple far ...

In the rice fields of northern Bangladesh, the timing of a pest invasion is written in the weather. A six-year monitoring ...

Ulcerative colitis has long been framed as a disease of overactive immunity, a condition in which the immune system attacks ...