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Finding new treatments for liver fibrosis

Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected

CDC is working to move the infected American and six others to Germany.

A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease

Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system.

The Promises and Pitfalls of Personalized Health

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Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype

Study suggests “the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound.”

Medicare's new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea

There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.

Huge landslide created a 500-meter-high tsunami in a major tourist area

Fortunately, it happened early in the morning, so nobody was around.

The unprecedented and deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, explained

“This is not COVID,” and other reasons why risk to the public is currently low.

There Is No ‘Hard Problem Of Consciousness’

Consciousness is not separate from the physical world — our “soul” is of the same nature as our body and any other phenomenon of the world.

SPONSORED How health systems navigate patient data with Claude

Health systems are sitting on massive amounts of clinical data, but turning that data into timely patient care isn't always easy.

Announcing Premium Health Sources

Today we are launching Premium Health Sources. This continues our investment in premium sources and will allow Perplexity to draw from the same clinical references used by physicians and researchers.

In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than emergency room doctors

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.