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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

A provider in a full protective suit takes a break outside while looking stressed

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A provider in a full protective suit takes a break outside while looking stressed

Medical burnout: Breaking bad

June 4, 2021

Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson pose after their commencement ceremony on May 14, 2021.

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Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson pose after their commencement ceremony on May 14, 2021.

Why class of 2021 medical school graduates are poised to become the change agents our health system needs

May 27, 2021

Jane Tobias, DNP, RN, MSN, gives a patient a COVID-19 vaccine at an April 3 event in Philadelphia that Jefferson Health designed to meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities.

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Jane Tobias, DNP, RN, MSN, gives a patient a COVID-19 vaccine at an April 3 event in Philadelphia that Jefferson Health designed to meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities.

The terrible toll of COVID-19 on people with intellectual disabilities

April 20, 2021