Stories Across the U.S.

From a daring heart bypass approach to the first personalized gene editing therapy, these medical firsts are improving care and saving lives.

Children pose unique challenges for most emergency departments, but new standards aim to ensure that staff are trained and equipment is on hand.

Clinics staffed through medical schools deliver care to underserved populations that often have no options. A common challenge: Getting sufficient resources.

In addition to advancing life-saving science, the NIH is an engine of economic growth — supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs, generating billions in economic activity, and strengthening national prosperity.

Congressional proposals to eliminate Grad PLUS loans, cap borrowing, and exclude residents from Public Service Loan Forgiveness could further strain primary care and may make medical school unattainable for some.

Clinical skills and kindness are both essential qualities of the doctor Elena Gupta is becoming.

Artificial intelligence is being tapped to create quizzes, simulate patients, pinpoint student struggles, and write assessments. Human oversight is critical.

Each year thousands of medical students spend a few weeks at another institution, learning about career possibilities they otherwise might miss and gaining powerful insights into varied aspects of care.

Medical students who grew up in rural areas, from a ranch in Montana to a former cotton-plantation town in Georgia, share how their experiences challenged and inspired them on their paths to becoming physicians.

Nonprofit hospitals, in particular academic health systems, provide lifesaving care and essential services that benefit the entire community.