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A pre-pandemic photo created for Step 2 Clinical Skills orientation materials shows examinees what to expect from their in-person clinical evaluation encounters.

Medical Education

What the elimination of a major medical licensing exam —… February 9, 2021

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Workforce

A group of medical professionals in masks

Nation’s physician workforce evolves: more women, a bit older, and toward different specialties

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

February 2, 2021

Nurse Pam Burke cares for Sarah Kirby as she receives a monoclonal antibody infusion at Memorial Health System in Illinois.

Health Care

Nurse Pam Burke cares for Sarah Kirby as she receives a monoclonal antibody infusion at Memorial Health System in Illinois.

Can an experimental treatment keep COVID-19 patients out of hospitals?

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

January 29, 2021

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Research

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The COVID-19 variants are spreading rapidly. Here’s what scientists know about them — and why you need a better mask

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

January 26, 2021

Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, president and dean of Morehead School of Medicine, and medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, celebrate their COVID-19 inoculations with Elmo, who has been deployed to help answer children’s questions about the vaccines.

Diversity and Inclusion

Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, president and dean of Morehead School of Medicine, and medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, celebrate their COVID-19 inoculations with Elmo, who has been deployed to help answer children’s questions about the vaccines.

Doctors forge ahead to allay fears about COVID-19 vaccines

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

January 21, 2021

People stock the shelves of a campus food pantry at the University of Toledo in Ohio

Medical Education

People stock the shelves of a campus food pantry at the University of Toledo in Ohio

Feeding future doctors: Universities work to alleviate food insecurity among medical students

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

January 14, 2021

Third-year Albany Medical College student Niki Wadhwa administers the COVID-19 vaccine to an intensive care unit staff member at Albany Med on one of the first days of vaccination.

Medical Education

Third-year Albany Medical College student Niki Wadhwa administers the COVID-19 vaccine to an intensive care unit staff member at Albany Med on one of the first days of vaccination.

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, medical students help with inoculations

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

January 7, 2021

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Medical Education

A group of doctors in masks and scrubs

America’s medical residents, by the numbers

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

January 5, 2021

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Perspectives from AAMC experts and thought leaders in academic medicine.

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Insights

A Latinx patient receives a vaccine from a provider

We need to get more Latinx people vaccinated. Here's how

Alicia Fernandez, MD

February 11, 2021

Volunteers with the Rise of Broken Women shelter in New York City receive 6,000 masks donated by Love Your Melon, a socially conscious business based in St. Paul, Minnesota. The donation was coordinated by Get Us PPE.

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Volunteers with the Rise of Broken Women shelter in New York City receive 6,000 masks donated by Love Your Melon, a socially conscious business based in St. Paul, Minnesota. The donation was coordinated by Get Us PPE.

A year into the pandemic, vulnerable communities still don’t have access to PPE

Amanda Peery-Wolf

Shikha Gupta, MD

Ali Raja, MD

February 4, 2021

In 2014, David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, uncovered a potential treatment for his own deadly disease. Now he's on a mission to find one for COVID-19.

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In 2014, David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, uncovered a potential treatment for his own deadly disease. Now he's on a mission to find one for COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccines will be critical to ending the pandemic. In the meantime, we can’t afford to slow our search for treatments

David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc

January 27, 2021

Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, says we can leverage the positive changes from the pandemic to improve academic medicine in the coming years.

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Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, says we can leverage the positive changes from the pandemic to improve academic medicine in the coming years.

Our moment to heal health care

Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA

January 12, 2021

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A comprehensive examination of the issues affecting academic medicine and the future of health care.

Racism and Health

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Gender Equity in Academic Medicine

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Innovations in Health Technology: Telehealth

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Telehealth Visit

Delivering more care remotely will be critical as COVID-19 races through communities
Telehealth Helps Close Health Care Disparity Gap in Rural Areas
Teaching Hospitals Lead in Telehealth Adoption