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View news highlights from the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting

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Public Health

Doctors demand presidential action on climate change

The AMA and 23 other organizations tell President Trump there is no single step that can do more for the health of Americans than meeting the Paris Climate Agreement obligations.

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Population Care

Exclusionary bathroom policies harm transgender students’ health

Physicians tell a federal appellate court why the medical community agrees that these policies hurt transgender students physically and mentally.

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Physician Diversity

Identifying medicine’s gender equity gaps is just the start

Discover practices and processes that can reduce gender bias in hiring, promotion, leadership and inclusivity.

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Ethics

Your patient requests an investigational therapy: How to respond

The FDA allows some critically ill patients to access unapproved therapies. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics has guidance for shared decision-making.

Alternate delegate Jordan Warchol at the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting

Public Health

AMA: Stop sales of e-cigarettes that lack FDA approval

The surge in e-cigarette use among youth and lung illness outbreak linked to more than 2,000 illnesses and more than 40 deaths led delegates to call for a ban on e-cigarette products.

Press Releases

AMA announces policies adopted during Interim Meeting

New policies touch on EHRs and public health surveillance, as well as training program closures.

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH

Patient Support & Advocacy

Knocking down barriers to health equity

American medicine is beset by wide disparities. Operationalizing health equity is the task embraced by Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, who is leading the AMA’s new Center for Health Equity.

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Medicare

Medicaid fraud: Case would wrongly expand physician liability

If trial conviction stands, having no knowledge of how others billed Medicaid for your services would no longer be a viable defense when false-claim allegations arise.

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