COVID-19 vaccine with people waiting in long line for vaccination
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Health systems swap insights on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Health care leaders are learning lessons from each other on how to handle the massive vaccination job while overcoming vaccine hesitancy.

Infectious Diseases
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How the pandemic makes life harder for people with disabilities

Learn more from the AMA about the challenges patients with disabilities—especially schoolchildren—are facing every day during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Population Health
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Physicians tackle equitable vaccine distribution and misinformation [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the equity challenges with vaccine distribution and fighting misinformation.

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Health Equity
AMA Update Podcast
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AMA statement on JAMA podcast and tweet

Recent podcast and tweet published by JAMA inconsistent with the policies and views of AMA.

Press Releases
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19 Min Read

Physicians tackle equitable vaccine distribution and misinformation

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 the equity challenges with vaccine distribution and fighting misinformation.

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Health Equity
AMA Update
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Health care groups urge more race, ethnicity data for COVID vaccinations

Leading health care advocacy groups urged all health care professionals to collect and report more race and ethnicity data when administering COVID-19 vaccines.

Press Releases
A row of felt hearts with the colors of the LGTBIQ flag
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Discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans must end, doctors say

AMA joins National Association of Manufacturers and many others to back the Equality Act’s passage in the House of Representatives. Find out why.

Federal Advocacy
Patient receiving a vaccine
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How inequities are surfacing in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Vaccines offer hope amid this pandemic’s deeply inequitable impact. Find out why more data is needed on race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccinations.

Health Equity
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New fellowship will equip doctors to advance U.S. health equity

14-month-long fellowship gives physicians a chance to dive deep and get the skills they need to combat root causes of health inequity across the nation.

AMA Center for Optimal Health Outcomes