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As we face off against Covid-19, we urgently need physician-scientists who can quickly translate observations made at patients’ bedsides into therapies. Sadly, they are in short supply. A solution to ...

Around 2015, two researchers who study the biomedical workforce found a treasure trove in the National Archives: a stash of applications from a Vietnam War–era program for young doctors. The program, ...