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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
Pregnant woman in bed with a fan because of the heat wave
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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
woman with scrubs sitting on the floor
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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
A pediatrician interacts with a baby at a Mother’s Day event
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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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First-generation medical students and The Match®

Medical students who were the first in their families to graduate from college look forward to finding out where they will match for residency training.

  • March 17, 2022
Collage of Match Day interviewees
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AAMC Statement on Omnibus Legislation for Fiscal Year 2022

On March 9, the AAMC issued a statement supporting proposed FY22 omnibus legislation that if enacted would increasing funding for key agencies within HHS.

  • March 9, 2022
U.S. Capitol
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WATCH: How the pandemic has impacted medical students now and in the future

Medical students share how the pandemic has shaped their training experiences and their futures as physicians.

  • March 3, 2022
Russyan Mark Mabeza, a student getting his MD-MPH at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, poses for a photo with some fellow medical students.
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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.

  • Jan. 25, 2022
A woman using Covid-19 rapid self-test kit at home
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A data-based look at America’s physicians and medical students, state-by-state

What states have the highest concentrations of active physicians, female doctors, and medical students? The AAMC’s physician workforce data report has answers.

  • Jan. 13, 2022
Group of doctors talking at the hospital and wearing facemasks
Press Release
AAMC Statement on Reinstatement of CMS Vaccine Mandate

On December 29, the AAMC released a statement applauding the CMS announcement that it is reinstating COVID-19 vaccine mandates at covered health care locations.

  • Dec. 29, 2021
Female African American doctor visits with her Senior Caucasian patient.
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Francis Collins, MD, PhD, reflects on his tenure — and his legacy

After 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health, Collins muses on the pandemic, this country's divisions, and the future of biomedical research.

  • Dec. 16, 2021
Francis Collins, MD, PhD
Press Release
AAMC Statement on Release of Continuing Resolution

On December 2, the AAMC issued a statement on the release of a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the federal government through Feb. 18, 2022.

  • Dec. 2, 2021
U.S. Capitol
Press Release
AAMC Statement on the Nomination of Robert M. Califf, MD as FDA Commissioner

On November 12, the AAMC released a statement commending President Biden’s nomination of Robert M. Califf, MD, to be the next commissioner of the FDA.

  • Nov. 12, 2021
Dr. Robert Califf
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Paving the way for DACA recipients in health care

The co-winners of the 2021 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare discuss their work to support immigrants in health care professions.

  • Nov. 10, 2021
Darrell Kirch, MD, former AAMC president, poses with Denisse Rojas Marquez, MD, MPP, and Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn, MD, MPH, winners of the Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare at Learn Serve Lead 2021: The Virtual Experience, on Nov. 9.