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Child and parent in a grocery store
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Don’t sever public assistance that helps sustain health

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families must be protected and extended, especially amid pandemic-related job losses.

Prevention & Wellness
Hands holding a smartphone
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Social media networks must crack down on medical misinformation

Information on Facebook and other social media sites lacks the vetting that news organizations employ. Delegates address these shortcomings.

Prevention & Wellness
Clipboard
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“Trial-In-A-Box” to help more practices take part in clinical trials

SiteBridge Research, a spinout of AMA subsidiary Health2047, will connect community-based physician practices with industry-sponsored clinical trials.

Digital
Susan R. Bailey, MD
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Pandemic exposes dire need to rebuild public health infrastructure

While overcoming COVID-19 will be a significant victory, the larger campaign to rebuild our public health infrastructure will remain before us.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Revised list of essential public health services
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Equity centered in revised list of essential public health services

Revised 10 Essential Public Health Services list is built around equity and emphasizes need for cross-sector community partnerships for optimum health for all.

Health Equity
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Release of the revised Essential Public Health Services Framework

The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) framework was developed in 1994 and has been updated in 2020 for today's communities. Learn more.

Prevention & Wellness
James Madara, MD, 2019 Interim Meeting speech
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America’s health care crisis is much deeper than COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic didn’t create the problems in our health system, it revealed them in a way that can no longer be ignored.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Globe and stethoscope
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Physicians united: Here’s why pulling out of WHO is a big mistake

Speaking in unity, physician leaders voice disapproval of withdrawing from the World Health Organization and urge Congress to retain the relationship.

Prevention & Wellness
Person having blood pressure measured
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Pandemic shines spotlight on chronic disease prevention priority

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted in several directions, but one thing is clear: chronic disease prevention must be a priority in health care.

Infectious Diseases