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Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024
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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

  • June 6, 2024
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Medical schools work to end student mistreatment

From public humiliation to sexist remarks, medical trainees often experience faculty mistreatment. Here’s how institutions are working to stop bad behaviors.

  • June 4, 2024
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Could giving low-income patients cash improve their health?

Guaranteed income programs have been successful in low-income countries. Now, researchers hope to test their effectiveness in the U.S.

  • May 30, 2024

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Anti-Racism CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Quality & Safety
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AAMC Statement on President Biden’s Intent to Appoint Mandy Cohen, MD, as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Due to her public health experience and extensive medical background, the AAMC supports President Biden's intent to nominate for CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD.

  • June 16, 2023
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Can psychedelic drugs, once banned, help relieve mental illness?

Decades after hallucinogens were outlawed, researchers are using them to treat disorders like PTSD, depression, and addiction. One puzzle is how they work

  • May 18, 2023
Jason Gould in the Amazon Rain Forest in Peru
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The unlikely friendship between a Muslim doctor and a former Klan member

Cardiologist Heval Kelli, MD, fled persecution in Syria. Chris Buckley loathed Muslims and joined the KKK. Now they’re on a mission to help heal our nation.

  • Feb. 1, 2023
Chris Buckley (left) and Heval Kelli, MD, grew up with different beliefs and backgrounds, but they share a passion for the United States.
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AAMC Statement on Death of Tyre Nichols

AAMC Statement on Death of Tyre Nichols

  • Jan. 30, 2023
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How the South defines America

Author Imani Perry, JD, PhD, explores the American South’s complex legacy of racism and resistance.

  • Oct. 20, 2022
Imani Perry, JD, PhD
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Does racial resentment hurt White people, too? One doctor says yes

In touring America’s heartland, Jonathan Metzl, MD, found that racial anxieties caused people to make decisions about their health that actually harmed them.

  • Oct. 4, 2022
Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD
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The myth of health inequities: changing the narrative around racism in health

Journalist and author Linda Villarosa unveils how racism — more than socioeconomic status or personal behavior — drives inequities.

  • Sept. 15, 2022
Doctor holding stethoscope on pregnant woman's belly
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Threats against health care workers are rising. Here's how hospitals are protecting their staffs

Amid rising violence against health care workers, prevention and response strategies aim to de-escalate tension and protect staff.

  • Aug. 18, 2022
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The wish of pediatricians: More medications deemed safe for kids

A paucity of drugs for children forces doctors to prescribe ‘off-label’ and figure out doses. New ways to run clinical trials yield more pediatric medications.

  • June 21, 2022
Mother and daughter at the pediatric office
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Mpox: What it is, how it spreads, treatments, and vaccines

Even as the CDC and WHO raise their alert levels, experts say we should be aware but not worried — yet. Here’s the latest on this viral outbreak.

  • June 15, 2022
Protect yourself from Mpox virus outbreak. Learn more at www.cdc.gove/mpox