She's a doctor with MS. Why is that a problem?

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Sep 18, 202600:26:42Science & Medicine

Dr. Erin Norris used to hide her multiple sclerosis to preserve her career as a rheumatologist. She was following an unspoken rule in medicine: either you practice at 100%, or you can’t practice at all. Yet one in five C...

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