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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

Doctors forge ahead to allay fears about COVID-19 vaccines January 21, 2021

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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

A group of doctors in masks and scrubs

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

Top Stories of 2020

Health Care

Top Stories of 2020

Top 10 AAMCNews stories of 2020

December 30, 2020

A couple watches a movie on a TV screen

Medical Education

A couple watches a movie on a TV screen

Miracles, mysteries, and mayhem: Medicine at the movies

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

December 29, 2020

Laura Pugh, a third-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, delivers groceries to a local senior.

Community Engagement

Laura Pugh, a third-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, delivers groceries to a local senior.

WATCH: Medical students rally to connect with isolated seniors during the pandemic

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

December 22, 2020

Mercy Dickson, MD, MBA, a third-year emergency medicine resident, gets one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center on Dec. 14.

Workforce

Mercy Dickson, MD, MBA, a third-year emergency medicine resident, gets one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center on Dec. 14.

COVID-19 vaccines: Here’s what health care workers need to know

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

December 18, 2020

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Perspectives from AAMC experts and thought leaders in academic medicine.

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

Taison Bell, MD, gets one of the first Pfizer coronavirus vaccinations at UVA Health on Dec. 15.

Insights

Taison Bell, MD, gets one of the first Pfizer coronavirus vaccinations at UVA Health on Dec. 15.

Why I rolled up my sleeve for the vaccine — and why you should too

Taison Bell, MD

December 23, 2020

Internal medicine physician Elaine Khoong, MD, pictured meeting remotely with a San Francisco Health Network patient, worries about patients who can't easily use telemedicine.

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Internal medicine physician Elaine Khoong, MD, pictured meeting remotely with a San Francisco Health Network patient, worries about patients who can't easily use telemedicine.

How the telemedicine boom threatens to increase inequities

Elaine Khoong, MD

December 14, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) emblem is displayed on its headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is collecting information on individual countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic since spring 2020.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) emblem is displayed on its headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is collecting information on individual countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic since spring 2020.

I’m a medical student tracking the U.S. response to COVID-19 for the WHO. Here’s what I’ve learned.

Mathew Alexander

December 1, 2020

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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