HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

Routine Screening Toolkit
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5 Min Read

5 ways to support LGBTQ patients during COVID-19—and after

Learn with the AMA and LGBTQ physician leaders about where patients need the most help and how to connect with expert resources.

Population Health
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13 Min Read

Wendy Chung, MD: Pandemic challenged genomic data collection

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 genetics and COVID-19, in the second of a two-part series.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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Congress digs deep on fixing health inequities exposed by COVID-19

The pandemic has laid bare inequities that burden U.S. health care. Congress is listening to the nation’s doctors as it seeks solutions to address the entrenched problem.

Health Equity
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12 Min Read

The search for answers to the genetic impact on case severity

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 genetics and COVID-19 in the first of a two-part series.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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4 Min Read

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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5 Min Read

AMA in the News: June 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for June 2020.

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AMA in the News
AMA in the News
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Health systems science proving vital during pandemic response

A new textbook chapter offers insight on the ways health systems science—the third pillar of medical education—can be applied to fight a pandemic.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Time to tackle hard questions on root causes of health inequities

From the way physicians are trained to how they understand the structural effects of racism, changes are overdue, says expert panel convened by the AMA.

Health Equity
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11 Min Read

Providing hypertension care to patients during the pandemic

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 treatment of patients with hypertension during the pandemic.

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Prevention & Wellness
AMA Update