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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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Words matter — especially when talking about racial and health justice in medicine

The AAMC Center for Health Justice has partnered with the AMA to release a guide to language, narrative, and concepts in health equity in medicine.

Oct. 28, 2021

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New report finds wide pay disparities for physicians by gender, race, and ethnicity

Women physicians and scientists make substantially less than men of all races and ethnicities. This report is the first to examine this data across specialties.

Oct. 12, 2021

A group of diverse women medical providers with masks

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Teens and COVID-19 vaccines: It’s complicated

As vaccinations lag among teens, a pediatrician and bioethicist wades into some tricky territory, including what happens if parents and teenagers disagree.

Sept. 30, 2021

A masked teenager receives a vaccine from a masked provider

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Attracting more Native American students to medicine

Without a supportive pathway program, I wouldn’t be entering medicine. If we’re going to train the Native American physicians we need, we must build many more.

Aug. 5, 2021

A blanketing ceremony closed out the 2020-2021 Wy’east Postbaccalaureate Pathway program for American Indian and Alaska Native students headed to medical school.

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As a non-U.S. citizen, I faced hurdles applying to U.S. medical schools. Now that I’ve made it, I want to help others like me

I started F-1 Doctors to help international students like me find mentorship when applying to U.S. medical schools.

July 29, 2021

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Career moves: Ways to bridge the gender gap in medical science

With women underrepresented in academic medicine, strategies strive to build gender equity through hiring practices, leadership training, and family supports.