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With support from an almost $2 million award from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund, the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and the Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Cancer Institute are leading a bold multidisciplinary initiative to eliminate geographic barriers to cervical cancer care, leveraging AI-driven technology to reach Florida’s rural populations. 

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn’t closed