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AMA statement on executive order changing childhood vaccine schedule

Altering a proven vaccination schedule without credible evidence risks weakening public confidence and putting children’s health at risk.

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What doctors want patients to know about hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood infection that can cause fever, mouth sores and a distinctive rash on the hands and feet.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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What doctors want patients to know about chorionic villus sampling

CVS is a prenatal test to detect genetic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities. Learn what CVS can and cannot tell you, and when it is recommended. 

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Population Health
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 15, 2026

In the news: CMS drug pricing program, infant formula botulism recall, hormone therapy for menopause, chronic disease prevention and more.

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Pediatric vaccines CME

Equip yourself with the knowledge to discuss the importance of vaccines for children with their families, and how to discuss vaccine misinformation.

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A doctor’s long road to medicine comes full circle

Kyle Shelton, DO, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, got an early start in life and a late one in medicine, shaping his career path and approach to patient care.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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AMA statement on EO directing CDC to assess childhood vaccine schedule

The current childhood vaccine schedule is built on decades of rigorous research and real-world data and no credible scientific evidence exists to support changes.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of May 4, 2026

In the news: Hantavirus outbreak unlikely to become pandemic, shingles vaccine may protect against dementia, social media normalizes teen inhalant use and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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What doctors want patients to know about swimmer’s ear

Don’t let your summer fun be derailed by painful swimmer’s ear, aka otitis externa. Three pediatricians dive deeper on what to know about swimmer’s ear.

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Population Health
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
A patient checks in at Mary's Center
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At this Washington FQHC, whole-person care includes schooling

Mary’s Center has something most people wouldn’t expect of a federally qualified health center: a school for kids and adults.

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Optimal Health
Health System Spotlight