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Pandemic fear: Ensure patients with chronic disease receive care

Using telehealth, physicians can reach patients with chronic diseases who might be hesitant to make an appointment. Learn more about how virtual visits can help.

Digital
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Without travel, costs of residency interviews to decline sharply

With in-person interviews being discouraged, some medical students will save thousands of dollars on residency application and interview costs.

Prep for Residency
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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
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17 Min Read

The physicians behind Brief19, created by doctors for doctors

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 Brief19, a daily round up of COVID-19 research and policy created by doctors for doctors.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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Drafting error could mean 21% tax hit on CARES Act relief funds

Congress wrote in tax exemptions, but failed to cover all the bases. The AMA and others are asking to fix these unintentional tax consequences.

Federal Advocacy
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Performing virtual independent medical evaluations amid COVID-19

COVID-19 necessitates reevaluation of impairment medical evaluations (IMEs) practices and procedures, in particular in regards to claims decisions and closure.

AMA Guides®
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 22, 2020

In the news: COVID-19 cases in young adults, ED visits and COVID-19, asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, menopause and women’s Alzheimer’s risk, CDC estimates 20M COVID-19 cases

Publications & Newsletters
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Tips from Peter Hotez, MD, on combating anti-science rhetoric

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 combating anti-science movements.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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June 26, 2020: National Advocacy Update

House and Senate vote on competing police reform bills and more National advocacy news.

Advocacy Update