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A Lady Alone: The story of Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, the first female physician in the United States

Admitted to medical school on a whim, Blackwell became a dominant force in the fight for women’s health care and for the education of women physicians.

  • May 5, 2026
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Adoption medicine clinics give children a healthy start

Embedded in academic health systems, these clinics assess children for physical and mental health challenges and connect families with appropriate resources.

  • April 29, 2026
A male teenage basketball player is at the doctors office to have some work done on his injury. A nurse is wrapping his bandage around the ankle.
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Trauma season arrives in emergency departments

As warm weather brings people outdoors for sports and recreation, academic health systems see more injuries and illnesses from heat, exertion, and dehydration.

  • April 23, 2026
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Destigmatizing mental health care for medical students

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated high rates of depression and anxiety in medical students. Medical schools are expanding mental health services to help.

  • April 22, 2026

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AAMC Statement on the President’s Budget Request Preview

The AAMC issued a statement on the President’s Budget Request Preview.

  • May 2, 2025
White House in Washington, DC
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AAMC Statement on Proposed Changes to Student Aid in House Budget Reconciliation Bill

The AAMC released a statement about the proposed elimination of the Grad PLUS loan program and restrictions to the PSLF program.

  • May 1, 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
Little boy fighting measles infection
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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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AAMC Statement on Amicus Brief Filed in NIH Grants Termination Lawsuit

The AAMC issued a statement regarding an amicus brief it filed with other organizations in the case of Massachusetts et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al.

  • April 17, 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
Scientist using micro pipette with DNA
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AAMC Statement on the House Consideration of Senate-amended Budget Resolution

The AAMC released a statement on the House Consideration of the Senate-amended Budget Resolution.

  • April 9, 2025
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National Organizations Announce Joint Effort to Develop a New Indirect Costs Funding Model

National organizations have joined to spur the development of a more efficient and transparent model for funding indirect costs on federal research grants.

  • April 8, 2025
Research in Laboratory
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4 medical advances that are improving care and saving lives

A pioneering heart valve transplant, creating speech for a paralyzed patient, and more. Check out advances in academic medicine that are changing patient care.

  • April 8, 2025
Casey Harrell weeps with joy after using a brain-computer interface created at UC Davis Health that enabled him to speak for the first time in years.
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AAMC Statement on the Senate Budget Resolution

The AAMC issued a statement on the Senate Budget Resolution.

  • April 3, 2025
Capitol Hill, Washington