Topic in Focus: Vaccine Hesitancy

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Teenager receiving vaccine
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4 Min Read

D.C. law letting teens choose COVID-19 vaccination should stand

AMA joins others to file brief backing 2020 law that allows minors capable of informed consent to make the lifesaving medical decision for themselves.

Population Health
Patient receiving a vaccine
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Reaching the unvaccinated can start in the physician’s office

Former CDC Director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, explains what schools, health care organizations and workplaces can do to boost COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

Infectious Diseases
Angel M. Johnson, MD, MPH, and Jawauna T. Stewart, MD
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Clinic offering incentives for patients and staff to get vaccination

Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg Clinic is seeing if cash incentives can motivate patients to overcome hesitancy and get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, on reaching the unvaccinated and masking [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 reaching the unvaccinated and masking.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update Podcast
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Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, on reaching the unvaccinated and masking

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing reaching the unvaccinated and masking.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
Person about to receive a vaccine
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4 Min Read

Families of men in notorious syphilis study speak up for vaccination

Documentary featuring descendants of U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee seeks to build public health confidence in Black communities.

Infectious Diseases
Petri dishes
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What doctors wish patients knew about the dangerous Delta variant

The COVID-19 Delta variant, a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2, is rapidly spreading and poses a threat to unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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21 Min Read

Dr. Mike on using social media to combat medical misinformation

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Mikhail Varshavski, DO (Doctor Mike), on using social media to combat medical misinformation.

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Publications & Newsletters
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Addressing COVID-19 vaccine confidence & equitable distribution

In this episode of AMA Moving Medicine, experts share how to address COVID-19 vaccine concerns from equitable distribution and access to efficacy among communities that experience health disparities.

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Health Equity
Moving Medicine Podcast