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COVID-19 transparency: Where are the tests and when can we get them?

Home testing will play a critical role in managing future outbreaks. It’s time for the federal government to develop a national testing strategy.

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, Executive Director, AAMC Research and Action Institute
January 25, 2022

Diversity and Inclusion
Addressing maternal health inequities
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
January 18, 2022
Workforce
A data-based look at America’s physicians and medical students, state-by-state
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
January 13, 2022
Insights
The Step 1 exam is going pass-fail. Now what?
Katherine Chretien, MD
January 11, 2022
Research
Into the wild: Scientists strive to stop animal diseases from igniting the next pandemic
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
January 4, 2022
Health Care
Top AAMCNews stories of 2021
December 28, 2021
Health Care
Talking to vaccine skeptics in rural, conservative America
Beth Howard, Special to AAMCNews
December 21, 2021
Research
Francis Collins, MD, PhD, reflects on his tenure — and his legacy
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
December 16, 2021
Health Care
Another pandemic holiday: Can we gather safely this year?
Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
December 14, 2021
Health Care
‘Scary and confusing’: When kids suffer from long COVID-19
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
December 9, 2021

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Medical Education
Medical school applicants and enrollments hit record highs; underrepresented minorities lead the surge
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
December 8, 2021
Research
The future of CRISPR is now
Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
December 2, 2021
Medical Education
America’s medical residents, by the numbers
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
December 1, 2021

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Perspectives from AAMC experts and thought leaders in academic medicine.

Insights
To end the drug crisis, bring addiction out of the shadows
Nora Volkow, MD
November 2, 2021
Insights
Words matter — especially when talking about racial and health justice in medicine
Philip Alberti, PhD, Founding Director, AAMC Center for Health Justice
October 28, 2021
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Three-year medical school programs are growing. Here’s why
Joan Cangiarella, MD
October 14, 2021

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