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6 Min Read

7 ways to improve Black health—in mind and body

Find out how physicians and other health professionals can make a change to better reach and care for their Black patients.

Population Health
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6 Min Read

5 steps physicians can take to prioritize Black patients’ well-being

Black patients face inequities that drive worse outcomes in physical and mental health. Learn with the AMA about what physicians can do to address the situation.

Population Health
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15 Min Read

July 10, 2020: National Advocacy Update

Pulling out of the WHO puts the U.S. at grave risk in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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49 Min Read

Prioritizing Equity video series: Moving Upstream

Join physicians and health equity leaders as they illuminate the ways in which physicians are moving upstream to a more equitable health care system.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
Sen. Lamar Alexander
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6 Min Read

COVID-19 exposed systemic weak points. How to get it right next time.

The AMA details for Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander how the nation’s health system should be changed to better prepare for the next pandemic.

Infectious Diseases
Officers in a line
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4 Min Read

11 beginning steps to reform policing and tackle racial injustices

Congress considers police reforms in the aftermath of George Floyd’s tragic death. AMA offers road map on how to move forward together.

Injury & Violence
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10 Min Read

Mira Irons, MD, discusses the week’s COVID numbers, trends and latest news

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the record-breaking week of new cases and deaths.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
Health care worker and patient
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5 Min Read

Congress digs deep on fixing health inequities exposed by COVID-19

The pandemic has laid bare inequities that burden U.S. health care. Congress is listening to the nation’s doctors as it seeks solutions to address the entrenched problem.

Health Equity
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4 Min Read

What’s needed to vanquish COVID-19 health inequities

The pandemic underscores the need for structural supports for people of color, especially as a potentially worse second wave of COVID-19 deaths and infections looms.

Health Equity