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How Tennessee can fix its rural doctor shortage | Opinion

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Imagine a Tennessee where a student in a rural county can explore health careers in high school, earn dual-enrollment credit, learn through immersive work at a local clinic or hospital, move smoothly through community college and UT, and reach medical school without losing the thread of home.


Exercise Training Benefits Patients With HIV Below the Surface

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A 16-week exercise training program showed broad benefits, including cellular damage repair and slowdown in epigenetic aging, in people with HIV (PWH), based on new data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2026 Annual Meeting.


Early HIV Infection Linked to Nervous System Inflammation

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Cerebrospinal fluid samples show signs of inflammation in people with new HIV infections.


HIV Hits the Nervous System Early

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from individuals with early HIV infection already showed signs of inflammation compared to samples from individuals without HIV, based on new data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2026 Annual Meeting.


7 Allergy Headlines You Missed in February 2026

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February 2026 brought several notable developments across allergy and immunology, spanning regulatory decisions, updated clinical guidance, and emerging research presented at the 2026 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology annual meeting in Philadelphia from February 27 to March 2.


How new placement of nutrition labels could improve eating habits

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The federal government has been making a lot of changes when it comes to its policies and recommendations for public health, and that includes the nutrition labels on the food you buy.


Babies’ Gut Health Is the New Obsession for Parents—and Startups

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Companies offer tests, supplements and guidance—like petting zoos and dirt piles—with the promise of improving infants’ health


ACS Award Helps Pioneer Treatment for Congenital Colorectal Disease

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The recipient of the 2015–2020 George H. A. Clowes Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award—Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS—often begins his presentations on the treatment of infants born with Hirschsprung disease by referencing the iconic children’s book Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi.