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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

A nurse collecting patient's blood sample in medical clinic

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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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mRNA technology promises to revolutionize future vaccines and treatments for cancer, infectious diseases

The first U.S. vaccines against COVID-19 emerged from decades of university research and may portend a faster, cheaper way to combat other diseases.

March 29, 2021

An illustration of antibodies attacking SARS-CoV-2

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AAMC Statement on House Reintroduction of GME Expansion Bill

AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

March 26, 2021

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Healing a toxic brew of hate, racism, and gun violence in America

Recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder show how far we have to go in addressing these ills afflicting our country. Academic medicine must speak up.

March 25, 2021

Protesters hold signs that say "Love More" and "Stop Racism"

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What every doctor needs to know about telemedicine

Telemedicine soared during the pandemic, and experts say it’s here to stay. How can providers and future physicians prepare to provide quality care from afar?

March 24, 2021

Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, talks to a patient through a computer in her office

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Is it ever okay to jump to the front of the vaccine line? An ethics expert weighs in

Renowned bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, offers advice on how to make the COVID-19 vaccine rollout more equitable, ethical, and trustworthy.

March 23, 2021

A group of people standing in a socially distant line leading to a COVID-19 vaccine bottle

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AAMC Receives CDC Award to Build Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines and Move the Nation Forward

The AAMC has announced a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines.

March 19, 2021

A patient receives a vaccine from a medical professional while others wait in the background

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Match Day memories: Prominent physicians reflect on their own Match Days and share advice for residency

Physicians reflect on their Match Day experiences and share advice for students as they start residency.

March 18, 2021

Bob Wachter, MD, calls his family from a pay phone on his Match Day in 1983 to tell them that he matched at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is now chair of the Department of Medicine.

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AAMC Endorses Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

Newly reintroduced bill would increase federal support for physicians’ graduate medical education programs to increase access to care for patients nationwide