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7 Min Read

How COVID-19 is affecting physicians of color across the country

The pandemic is exacerbating existing racial and ethnic health inequities. Learn with the AMA how COVID-19 affects practicing physicians of color.

Health Equity
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4 Min Read

How embedded pharmacists improve care for Native American patients

Native American communities face growing inequity in health care, largely due to inadequate access to services. Find out how pharmacists help.

Scope of Practice
Photo of Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH with arms crossed.
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13 Min Read

Knocking down barriers to health equity

American medicine is beset by disparities. Operationalizing health equity is the task embraced by the leader of the AMA’s new Center for Health Equity.

Health Equity
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3 Min Read

More new moms are dying in U.S. Here’s how to arrest the trend.

U.S. maternal death rates are rising. The AMA’s president tells Congress about concrete actions that can change course for the better.

Population Health
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14 Min Read

Sept. 20, 2019: National Advocacy Update

National opioid policy, immigrant family detention issues, the vaping crisis and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH
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4 Min Read

Native Americans work to grow their own physician workforce

Poverty, education disparities contribute to low Native American medical school enrollment. A program offers a successful pathway for Indians to enter medicine.

Health Equity
Deena Kishawi, Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH, and Carl G. Streed, Jr., MD, MPH
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11 Min Read

Gaining trust through shared identity

Three healers are changing not just how medicine treats patients in their minority communities, but also how it treats their peers.

Health Equity
Aletha Maybank MD, MPH
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8 Min Read

3 big questions for the AMA's new chief health equity officer

Aletha Maybank MD, MPH, has already made a big mark in public health in the Big Apple. Find out more about the work she will be leading in the AMA’s new Center for Health Equity.

Health Equity
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4 Min Read

Inequities in maternal mortality must be attacked head-on

The U.S. is one of only three nations where maternal mortality rates are rising, but 60% of these deaths are preventable, AMA president-elect tells Congress.

Population Health