Utraviolet rays used for decontamination
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6 MIN READ

COVID-19: Tackling the N95 shortage with novel decontamination

Learn more about how the University of Nebraska Medical Center implemented a promising new approach to decontaminate N95 respirator masks for repeat use.

Public Health
Emergency room entrance
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5 MIN READ

On U.S. front lines of COVID-19 care—a time for clear thinking

Find out how a Chicago-area hospital implemented COVID-19 treatment procedures to help calm patient and hospital staff fears.

Public Health
Image of stethoscope around a globe
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2 MIN READ

When global health emergencies strike, how should doctors respond?

Because epidemics are complex, coordinated responses across many disciplines are needed. Find out more from the AMA.

Ethics
Student Impact Challenge winner Kevin Tyan
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4 MIN READ

Medical students as change agents? How these six are doing it

The winners of a recent competition highlight how medical students can be catalysts for change at the health systems level.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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4 MIN READ

Former acting U.S. surgeon general earns AMA’s top honor

From ground zero of the Ebola crisis to New York’s ground zero, Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH, served with distinction.

Awards
Dr. Jeremy Farrar
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7 MIN READ

How epidemics take lives and bring global health into focus

A tropical medicine physician talks at TEDMED about his terrifying ordeal at the start of the SARS outbreak in Vietnam.

Public Health
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4 MIN READ

Physician who contracted Ebola among award winners

Dr. Kent Brantly, medical director of the only Ebola treatment unit in southern Liberia, received the AMA Foundation the Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine. Three other physicians received awards for exemplifying medicine’s highest values: leadership, community service and dedication to treating underserved patients.

Public Health
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6 MIN READ

10 top issues that impacted physicians in 2014

A number of regulatory, public health and practice issues took center stage for the medical profession this year. See the 10 topics that made some of the biggest waves among the physician community in 2014—and learn how they played out.

Medicare & Medicaid
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1 MIN READ

How to prepare your hospital to handle Ebola: Free resources

In the video, Arjun Srinivasan, MD, an expert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, discusses how physicians can prepare for and manage Ebola patients in hospital and ambulatory care settings.

Public Health