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National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow, MD, presenting her annual report to a meeting of principal investigators in the Clinical Trials Network in Rockville, Maryland.

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National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow, MD, presenting her annual report to a meeting of principal investigators in the Clinical Trials Network in Rockville, Maryland.

To end the drug crisis, bring addiction out of the shadows

November 2, 2021

A masked doctor talks with a parent and children in his office

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A masked doctor talks with a parent and children in his office

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

October 28, 2021

Joan Cangiarella, MD, director of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s accelerated three-year MD pathway, and John Colavito, MD, a program graduate and NYU resident, examine pathology slides.

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Joan Cangiarella, MD, director of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s accelerated three-year MD pathway, and John Colavito, MD, a program graduate and NYU resident, examine pathology slides.

Three-year medical school programs are growing. Here’s why

October 14, 2021

Graphic showing report cover that says "The Way Forward Starts Now"

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Graphic showing report cover that says "The Way Forward Starts Now"

Here’s how we end the pandemic

September 15, 2021

Denisse Rojas Marquez, MD, MPP, poses for a picture with her sister, Nadia Rojas, at her graduation from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York earlier this year.

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Denisse Rojas Marquez, MD, MPP, poses for a picture with her sister, Nadia Rojas, at her graduation from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York earlier this year.

I’m an emergency medicine physician and a DACA recipient. Without immigration reform, thousands of people like me face uncertain futures

September 14, 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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A blanketing ceremony closed out the 2020-2021 Wy’east Postbaccalaureate Pathway program for American Indian and Alaska Native students headed to medical school.

Attracting more Native American students to medicine

August 5, 2021

Azan Zahir Virji, MPH

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Azan Zahir Virji, MPH

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

July 29, 2021

Justin Lau gets a bandage after his COVID-19 shot from UC Davis medical student Khadija Soufi at Shifa Community Clinic in Sacramento as undergraduate student Dana Hazem looks on.

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Justin Lau gets a bandage after his COVID-19 shot from UC Davis medical student Khadija Soufi at Shifa Community Clinic in Sacramento as undergraduate student Dana Hazem looks on.

Bringing the COVID-19 vaccines to immigrant communities

July 22, 2021

Third-year student Lala Tanmoy “Tom” Das prepares for a day at the hospital.

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Third-year student Lala Tanmoy “Tom” Das prepares for a day at the hospital.

I entered medicine after another career. You can too

July 13, 2021

Masked doctors tend to patients in an emergency room

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Masked doctors tend to patients in an emergency room

We already needed more doctors. Then COVID-19 hit

June 17, 2021