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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? And the actors were blinded to whether this was a primary care doctor or a chat bot answering them. At the Mayo clinic, for example, they’ve got a very robust hospital at home program. And the first one was with Zeke Emanuel. They had no idea.

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As Mosquito Season Peaks, Officials Brace for New Normal of Dengue Cases

Physician's Weekly

I think dengue is here with us to stay,” said infectious disease specialist Michael Ben-Aderet, associate medical director of hospital epidemiology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, about dengue becoming a new normal in the U.S. happen in Puerto Rico, which saw a sharp increase in 2024 , triggering a local public health emergency.

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Not Only Harvard. RFK Jr.’s Slashed Science Funding Cuts Across States That Backed Trump

Physicians News Digest

including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Those changes — plus the firing of 1,200 agency employees as part of mass layoffs across the government — are alarming scientists and NIH workers, who warn that they will undermine progress in combating diseases and other threats to the nation’s public health.