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5 Min Read

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Sept. 6, 2021

In the news: U.S. booster plan, medical journals against climate change, concern over COVID-19 in fall, Biden announces COVID vaccine mandate, FDA delay on e-cig decision.

Publications & Newsletters
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3 Min Read

AMA applauds Biden Administration on first-day executive actions

Measures address COVID-19 pandemic, racial equity, climate, re-engage with WHO.

Press Releases
Car emissions on a highway
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3 Min Read

Doctors to court: Let California keep tougher emissions rules

The AMA Litigation Center tells a federal appellate court that California should be allowed to keep pursuing policies that fight climate change.

Judicial Advocacy
Forest fire
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7 Min Read

How Kaiser Permanente manages at burning edge of climate change

One doctor’s harrowing story sheds light on the personal and professional impact of increasingly common and severe weather events—and the health system coordination needed to survive them.

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Environmental Health
Health System Spotlight
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5 Min Read

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 13, 2020

In the news: 2,900 deaths this flu season, climate change could increase deaths, FDA approving drugs faster, BP rises faster in women, 1 in 7 adults are sedentary.

Publications & Newsletters
Fire helicopter
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3 Min Read

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.

Environmental Health
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH
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4 Min Read

Why physicians see climate change as a health emergency

Two physicians who are leading thinkers on the health impact of climate change say there is a critical window of time to address the environmental crisis.

Environmental Health
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3 Min Read

Physicians go green and set environmental example for patients

Physicians can fight pollution and energy overconsumption with an environmental sustainability program from MyGreenDoctor. Creating a healthier world sets an example patients can follow.

Environmental Health
Industrial smokestacks.
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Supreme Court case on Clean Air Act could have major health implications

The Clean Air Act gives the EPA power to restrict carbon emissions that cause climate change and endanger human health. A West Virginia case limiting the EPAs authority is under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Judicial Advocacy