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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

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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I’m an emergency medicine physician and a DACA recipient. Without immigration reform, thousands of people like me face uncertain futures

I’m an emergency room physician and a DACA recipient and I believe Congress should pass immigration reform to give immigrants a more certain future.

Sept. 14, 2021

Denisse Rojas Marquez, MD, MPP, poses for a picture with her sister, Nadia Rojas, at her graduation from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York earlier this year.

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Everything you need to know about the supplemental ERAS® application

The trial residency application launches in dermatology, general surgery, and internal medicine. Here’s key information for students and residency programs.

Sept. 2, 2021

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Report urges major reforms in the transition to residency

The residency application, selection, and transition process is complex and stressful. Now, a committee of key stakeholders proposes dramatic changes.

Aug. 26, 2021

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AAMC Statement on Final Report of the UGRC

The AAMC issued the following statement upon release of the final report of the Coalition for Physician Accountability’s UGRC.

Aug. 26, 2021

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“Worst surge we’ve seen”: Some hospitals in delta hot spots close to breaking point

Hospitals in COVID-19 hot spots are overwhelmed as the delta variant drives increasing hospitalizations.

Aug. 24, 2021

Emergency Room nurses tend to patients in a hallway at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021 in Houston, Texas.

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So you got the J&J vaccine? Here’s what you should know about the delta variant, boosters, and more

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is very effective against hospitalization and death, but more data are needed to determine if a booster shot is required.

Aug. 18, 2021

Boxes of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for distribution in West Virginia in March 2021.

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Vaccines work well against the delta variant. Here’s why you should wear a mask anyway

Vaccines work well against COVID-19, but experts point to the need to continue masking to protect the unvaccinated and those with weaker immune systems.