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8 medical advances you may have missed during COVID-19

From a possible cure for sickle cell disease to portable MRIs, check out medical breakthroughs that happened while the pandemic absorbed the world’s attention.

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
November 17, 2021

Health Care
AAMC leaders to academic medicine: Innovate boldly, embrace change to improve health care
Gabrielle Redford, Managing Editor
November 9, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion
Historian calls on all Americans to recognize and fix its racial caste system
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
November 10, 2021
Advocacy
Paving the way for DACA recipients in health care
Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
November 10, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion
Racism hurts us all, warns equity activist Heather McGhee, JD
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
November 9, 2021
Professional Development
‘There is no courage without vulnerability’
Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
November 9, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion
Seeking and speaking truth about racism starts with having candid conversations about race
Gabrielle Redford, Managing Editor
November 8, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion
Health equity pioneers applaud progress, caution against backsliding
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
November 8, 2021

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Professional Development
Prescription for America’s elder boom: Every doctor learns geriatrics
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
November 4, 2021
Insights
To end the drug crisis, bring addiction out of the shadows
Nora Volkow, MD
November 2, 2021
Health Care
The cost of being unvaccinated is rising — will people be willing to pay the price?
Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
October 26, 2021
Health Care
What happens to telemedicine after COVID-19?
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
October 21, 2021
Advocacy
In a time of civic discord, remember ‘we are not enemies’
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
October 19, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion
New report finds wide pay disparities for physicians by gender, race, and ethnicity
Gabrielle Redford, Managing Editor
October 12, 2021
Health Care
The ripple effect of the delta surge
Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
October 5, 2021
Health Care
Teens and COVID-19 vaccines: It’s complicated
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
September 30, 2021
Health Care
As school openings stir COVID-19 outbreaks, pediatricians sound the alarm
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
September 28, 2021
Community Engagement
AAMC launches center to tackle health inequities
Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer
September 21, 2021
Workforce
Hospitals innovate amid dire nursing shortages
Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer
September 7, 2021

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Perspectives from AAMC experts and thought leaders in academic medicine.

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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Here’s how we end the pandemic
Atul Grover, MD, PhD, Executive Director, AAMC Research and Action Institute
September 15, 2021

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