Feature
The AI Listening for Heart Failure
Clinicians are testing software that flags early signs of heart failure from a few seconds of heart sounds. The harder question is who it might miss.
By Maya Lindqvist · 8 min read
The Winter Edition · 2027
Medical Innovation in the Capital.
Stories from the labs, clinics and classrooms where Washington is building the next generation of medicine.
The Winter EditionContents13 stories
Inside this edition.
Researchers, clinicians and engineers across the District, and the ideas they are testing this season.
Profile
Engineering Cartilage From Scratch
A bioengineering lab is printing living scaffolds that could one day repair worn-out knees.
By Daniel Okafor · 6 min read
Feature
Health Care on Wheels in Wards 7 and 8
Mobile clinics are bringing screenings and follow-up care to the neighborhoods with the fewest hospitals.
By Priya Raman · 7 min read
Interview
A Stroke Scanner Small Enough for an Ambulance
Portable brain imaging could move stroke diagnosis out of the hospital and into the first minutes of care.
By Elena Marsh · 5 min read
Feature
Keeping Vaccines Cold, Mile by Mile
The logistics and chemistry behind getting temperature-sensitive vaccines to every clinic in the city.
By Jonah Weiss · 6 min read
Interview
Training Surgeons on Robots Before Patients
Inside a simulation lab where residents learn to operate through a robot’s instruments.
By Sofia Alvarez · 5 min read
Feature
What Wastewater Tells Us About a City’s Health
Sampling the sewers has become one of the fastest ways to see an outbreak coming.
By Nadia Brooks · 7 min read
Profile
The Search for a Better Sickle Cell Treatment
Gene therapies are changing what a diagnosis means, and researchers are working to make them reachable.
By Samuel Adeyemi · 8 min read
Feature
Insulin Pumps That Adjust on Their Own
Closed-loop systems pair a sensor and a pump so blood sugar can be managed with fewer decisions.
By Grace Liu · 6 min read
Feature
The Hospital Comes Home
Remote monitoring and home visits are letting some patients recover in their own beds.
By Theo Martins · 6 min read
Op-Ed
Clinical Trials Take Too Long. They Don’t Have To.
Smarter trial design could bring treatments to patients years sooner without cutting corners.
By Hannah Kowalski · 4 min read
Profile
The Students Taking On Antibiotic Resistance
Undergraduate researchers are screening soil and seawater for the next generation of antibiotics.
By Marcus Bell · 5 min read
Feature
The Search for a Flu Vaccine That Lasts
Researchers are designing vaccines that target the parts of the virus that barely change from year to year.
By Leah Goldberg · 7 min read
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