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15 Min Read

A look at The New York Times documentary "They Get Brave"

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by talking with the team behind The New York Times documentary, "They Get Brave".

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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4 Min Read

CDC’s Dr. Redfield: This is why everyone should be wearing masks

For the U.S. to stop COVID-19’s unrelenting surge, CDC officials advise everyone must use the tools we have: masks, hand-washing and physical distancing.

Infectious Diseases
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4 Min Read

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

In the news: Coronavirus testing sites struggling to provide results quickly, more than half of patients with COVID-19 have heart damage, CDC calls for all Americans to wear face masks and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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8 Min Read

Looking at the efforts to curb growth in new COVID-19 cases in Texas

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the second of a two-part series about COVID-19 in Texas and curbing the growth.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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2 Min Read

AMA statement on HHS COVID-19 data collection changes

We urge and expect that the scientists at the CDC will continue to have timely, comprehensive access to data critical to inform response efforts.

Press Releases
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8 Min Read

Exploring the impact in Texas, a current pandemic hot spot

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the first of a two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 in Texas.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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4 Min Read

Bill would collect patient data needed to fix COVID-19 inequities

You can’t fix what you don’t measure. So the AMA backs proposed legislation to create a standardized patient data set to help tackle the pandemic’s disparities.

Health Equity
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3 Min Read

How to ensure PPE access in pandemic? AMA offers 10-step road map

With PPE in short supply as the pandemic resurges, AMA outlines sweeping plan to ensure health care heroes have the equipment they deserve.

Infectious Diseases
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4 Min Read

Why COVID-19 makes it more important than ever to look upstream

Physicians and health equity leaders discuss how the health care system can be reimagined, redesigned and reconstructed.

Health Equity