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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 Coronavirus Residency & Fellowship
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10 things you didn’t know about medical residents

The AAMC 2022 Report on Residents shows more diverse residents and continued interest in internal medicine and infectious disease specialties.

  • Jan. 5, 2023
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Top 10 academic medicine stories of 2022

Our annual list of the most-read AAMCNews stories of 2022.

  • Dec. 28, 2022
Top Stories of 2022
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Physician calls on colleagues to end harmful ICU care

While COVID-19 upended advances in ICU care, physician Wes Ely, MD, MPH, believes we can fix that by recommitting to humanism in medicine.

  • Nov. 14, 2022
ICU expert Wes Ely, MD, PhD, urged listeners at Learn Serve Lead 2022: The AAMC Annual Meeting in Nashville to add the human touch to critical care.
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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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How sewage surveillance is helping spot disease outbreaks early

Widespread wastewater testing began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, public health officials are expanding their efforts to look for other diseases.

  • Sept. 20, 2022
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AAMC Comments to NRMP® on Two-Phase Main Residency Match Proposal

AAMC delivered the following testimony during an NRMP Board of Directors and leadership meeting on Sept. 16, 2022 on the two-phase main residency Match proposal

  • Sept. 19, 2022
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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
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What to know about BA.5, Paxlovid, and new vaccines coming out this fall

Most people now have immunity against severe disease and death due to COVID-19, but experts hope new vaccines will curb infections and prevent more mutations.

  • Aug. 23, 2022
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AAMC Statement on Anthony Fauci, MD, Stepping Down From Government Service

The AAMC issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Anthony S. Fauci, MD, will step down in December 2022.

  • Aug. 22, 2022