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6 reasons to join the AMA
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AMA underscores need for coordinated, comprehensive pandemic response

National Press Club address by AMA President Susan R. Bailey, M.D. focused on steps policymakers should take to tackle the pandemic.

Press Releases
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Jan. 8, 2021: Advocacy Update spotlight on what’s ahead for AMA advocacy this year

What’s ahead for AMA advocacy this year in this week's Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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How AMA is helping health systems face 2021’s biggest challenges

Stressed physicians. Strained bottom lines. Systemic racism. No topic’s too big for some of health care’s brightest minds. Learn more with the AMA.

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Health System Spotlight
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Todd Askew discusses AMA advocacy priorities in 2021

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 AMA's advocacy efforts and COVID-19 in the new year.

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Q&A: Doctor offers free COVID-19 tests on streets of Philadelphia

Ala Stanford, MD, has led an effort that’s conducted 20,000 COVID-19 tests in City of Brotherly Love’s mostly Black neighborhoods. Learn more with the AMA.

Infectious Diseases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Dec. 28, 2020

In the news: COVID-19 vaccine distribution, COVID-19 and children, viral load of COVID-19 patients may indicate illness severity, new coronavirus strain in U.S.

Publications & Newsletters
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How to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black patients

The first step is to reckon with the U.S. medical system’s ugly and racist history. Learn more with the AMA about the way forward.

Infectious Diseases
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A look back: What we've learned with the COVID-19 update

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by taking a look back at 190 episodes to reveal lessons learned and the way forward.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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Policy road map shows the way to end the overdose epidemic

It’s been clear for years that, to end the drug overdose epidemic, health insurance company and pharmacy benefit managers’ barriers to evidence-based treatment and non-opioid pain management must be eliminated.

Behavioral Health