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Elena Gupta, a fourth-year student at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (right) with her best friend Wendy Zhuo (center) and her best friend’s partner, Jeremy Tran (left), attending the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Match Day ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2025.
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I’m a fourth-year medical student who responded to an in-flight medical emergency. Here’s what I learned

Clinical skills and kindness are both essential qualities of the doctor I’m becoming.

  • May 8, 2025
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Measles cases are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know

Measles is highly contagious and can be dangerous, but vaccines are safe and effective.

  • April 30, 2025
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What's at stake when clinical trials research gets cut

Federal funding cutoffs and pauses threaten studies on critical ailments. ‘Real humans are being affected.’

  • April 24, 2025
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How uncertainty around cuts to scientific research is impacting the future biomedical research workforce

Researchers worry that temporary interruptions in PhD programs could have long-term implications for the biomedical sciences.

  • April 16, 2025

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AAMC releases road map to reset nation’s approach to COVID-19

Evidence-based plan calls for immediate action to remedy critical shortages and increase testing, as well as longer-term actions.

  • July 29, 2020
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A Road Map to Reset the Nation's Approach to the Pandemic

Learn more about the AAMC's initiative The Way Forward on COVID-19: A Road Map to Reset the Nation’s Approach to the Pandemic.

  • July 29, 2020
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AAMC Releases “The Way Forward on COVID-19: A Road Map to Reset the Nation’s Approach to the Pandemic”

The newly released COVID-19 road map would dramatically change the nation’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic and save lives.

  • July 29, 2020
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COVID-19 and the opioid crisis: When a pandemic and an epidemic collide

Over 20 million people in the U.S. have a substance use disorder. During COVID-19, experts see signs of relapses, overdoses, and other worries. What can we do?

  • July 27, 2020
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Humanity binds us

The subtleties of racism don’t kill you in minutes, but they are deadly. We need a communal experience that teaches us we comprise one beautiful human mosaic.

  • July 24, 2020
Roderic Pettigrew, PhD, MD, and Rep. John Lewis at the 2016 A Candle In the Dark Awards Gala of Morehouse College. Rep. Lewis received the Candle Award for achievements in civil rights and public service. Dr. Pettigrew is a previous award recipient.
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AHA, AAMC Continue Fight to Reverse Cuts for Outpatient Visits that Threaten Patient Access to Care

Today, the AHA and AAMC announced they will seek a rehearing in their lawsuit against the HHS over an ill-advised and unlawful payment reduction

  • July 24, 2020
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Medical students use momentum of anti-racism movement to advocate for change

Students are demanding medical institutions combat racism, and their institutions are listening.

  • July 23, 2020
Ian Simpson-Shelton, MD, speaks at the University of California San Diego Anti-Racism Coalition Day of Action on June 8, 2020
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Anthony Fauci, MD: Science as a voice of reason

A medical student reflects on why the country so admires Dr. Fauci — and why medical students should learn how to communicate about science.

  • July 22, 2020
Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies at a hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Capitol Hill on June 23, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Academic labs are opening back up. Still, research isn’t exactly back to normal

Researchers face health screenings, lab capacity limits, and gradual resumption of experiments as medical schools open labs they closed to keep out COVID-19.

  • July 20, 2020
A researcher in a lab at Emory University works under new rules on social distancing and sanitation
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Applying to residency is tough even in normal times. The pandemic isn’t helping.

COVID-19 has complicated in-person interviews, exam dates, and recommendation letters. What can make the residency application process smooth and fair?

  • July 16, 2020
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