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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
A mother brings in her son for a wellness check-up. She has the baby sitting on her lap with her hands firmly around his waist. The male doctor is reaching out to hold the baby's hand. The doctor is laughing and engaging the young boy.
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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
Female healthcare worker experiencing emotional burnout and stress
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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 Releases New Report Detailing Impact of Federal Actions on Academic Medicine

A new AAMC report sounds the alarm about the impact of federal actions on academic medicine and the U.S. health care system.

  • June 11, 2025
Federal Actions
Press Release
AAMC Applauds Introduction of Bill to Reduce Physician Shortage

The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 supports the education and training of more physicians.

  • June 10, 2025
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Vaccine hesitancy is causing needless death and suffering, a vaccine expert says.

Paul Offit, MD, says vaccines have saved countless lives, but vaccine avoidance based on false claims of danger is causing a rise in preventable diseases.

  • June 4, 2025
Paul Offit, MD, right, with his colleague, H. Fred Clark, PhD, DVM, two of three scientists credited with developing the rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq.
Press Release
AAMC and Thalamus Collaboration Expands to More Than 8,000 Programs Following Successful 2025 Residency and Fellowship Recruitment Season

The AAMC and Thalamus announced an expanded collaboration to more than 8,000 programs to support better decision-making for applicants, schools, and programs.

  • May 29, 2025
A small group of medical student residents gather around a boardroom table to to meet with their medical team lead. They each have cases out on front of them as they work together collaboratively to discuss each one. They are each dressed professionally in medical scrubs and are listening attentively to the doctor leading the meeting at the head of the table.
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Health care sector braces for supply chain uncertainty with changing tariff policies

As tariffs threaten to raise prices, health care leaders push for tariff exemptions and transparency from manufacturers.

  • May 29, 2025
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Press Release
AAMC Statement on House Budget Reconciliation Bill

The AAMC issued a statement about proposed policies which impact academic medicine within the budget reconciliation legislation.

  • May 21, 2025
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Rising above: These graduating medical students overcame immense challenges on the way to an MD

Five graduating medical students share how they made it through medical school despite extraordinary circumstances.

  • May 21, 2025
Susanna Goggans, MD, (right) poses with her fiancé, Trace Bowen (left), parents, Jennifer and Phil Goggans (center), and sister, Rebecca Goggans (front) on Match Day 2025.
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Medical schools move from worrying about AI to teaching it

Faculty used to fret over how artificial intelligence might affect education. Now they’re training medical students how to use it for patient care and research.

  • May 15, 2025
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AAMC Statement on Proposed Cuts to Medicaid in House Budget Reconciliation Bill

The AAMC issued a statement on proposed cuts to Medicaid as outlined in the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee’s reconciliation bill text.

  • May 12, 2025
U.S. Capitol
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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
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.