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AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID

Should those who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection receive vaccination credentials?

An MRI image of myocarditis

First Close Look at Presumed Myocarditis Cases After COVID Vaccination

Case reports suggest a favorable clinical course after hospitalization

Is Old Vaccine Technology the Key to Hesitancy?

Experts weigh whether Novavax's protein subunit strategy can convince some COVID vaccine holdouts

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Face-to-Face With Fauci

YouTube star "Dr. Mike" sits down with Anthony Fauci, MD

A computer rendering of the male reproductive system with a cross section of the prostate which has a tumor.

What's Guiding Prostate Cancer Care for Gay Men?

Research specific to this group has only scratched the surface

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use

Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness

An FDA APPROVED seal over a photo of prescription bottles on a shelf

The FDA Is Failing the American People

The agency's recent decision to approve aducanumab offers more evidence of a broken system

A collection of various USMLE Step 3 study guides

It's Time to End the USMLE Step 3 Exam

It's a redundant and harmful entity on the path of medical education

A blister pack of four Viagra pills laying on a stack of $100 bills.

Why Branded Viagra Is Vastly More Expensive Than Its Generics

For some brand-name drugs, prices don't go down when generics crop up; Viagra still an outlier

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

Effort to Strengthen AMA Anti-Discrimination Policy Encounters Resistance

Critics of the draft resolution wonder if it's a "bridge too far"

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

A National Task Force for Obesity? AMA Delegates Debate the Idea

Policy eyes reducing maternal mortality, COVID-19 deaths among minorities

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

AMA Delegates Pan Physician Assistants' Name Change Announcement

"We call this 'Scope-A-Dope'"

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

AMA Delegates Debate Making Sex on Birth Certificate Private

Also discuss improving doc access to tools to identify youth at "imminent risk" for suicide

Layers upon layers of yellow sticky notes pasted on a wall

The Case of the Yellow Sticky Note

This simple office supply was a clue to doctor's problems at work

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Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chief

"We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick

A business woman stands outside of a glass structure looking at the man standing within.

Breaking Through Healthcare's Glass Ceiling

Let's close the gender gap at the leadership level

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Don't Wait for the Government to Fix Healthcare

Healthcare 3.0 is in your hands

Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital

Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care

Congress Wrestles Over How to Hold Sackler Family Accountable

Without a legal fix, OxyContin makers would evade responsibility for untold deaths, say Dems

A vintage photo of a woman with a camera to her eye

How Photography Made Me a Better Doctor

Where art and medicine overlap to create a more complete picture

A man lifts up his sleeve to reveal a NO VAX tattoo on his shoulder.

Op-Ed: Needling Friends to Get the COVID Jab? Stop

Here's a hot take on vaccine holdouts: leave them alone

A photo of a man writing on a chalkboard: EQ KNOW YOU, IQ KNOW HOW

How Emotionally Intelligent Are You About Your EQ?

Hint: It's not just about empathy for patients

A close up of a newborn's heel with a small cut from a blood test.

Ethics Consult: Is Reporting Mom's Drug Use Protecting Child or Invading Privacy?

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

Is This Medical Board Headed for a Shake-Up?

Could be the first in the nation to have public member majority

A waste basket view of a man throwing in a crumpled piece of paper

Op-Ed: Why Is Prescribing Information Still on Paper?

Making electronic info the default is a small change with a big environmental impact

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Doctor Versus Fighter Jet

Here's what happens to your body in an F-16

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming'

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

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Simplified 9-1-1 Interactions Spurred More Bystander CPR

Improvements seen in Los Angeles regardless of callers' English proficiency

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Doximity Hopes Doctors Buy Into Its IPO

MD social networking site sets aside 15% of shares for physician members

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

Inside Hahnemann's Demise; Fauci: Society 'Totally Nuts'; Anti-Vax Law Firm

This past week in healthcare investigations

https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/03/the-day-my-patient-called-me-the-n-word.html

Op-Ed: The Day My Patient Called Me the N-Word

Why is there so much silence when it comes to racial issues?

Bauchner Out as JAMA Editor-in-Chief

AMA launches search for new top editor, led by Otis Brawley

An overhead view of a male physician standing in front of a wedge of tightly packed people.

Op-Ed: Is Physician Behavior Contributing to CDC Skepticism?

Setting an example or second-guessing guidelines?

A close up of a woman's finger pointing at the chest of a male physician.

How to Get Patients to Speak Up When They Experience a Medical Error

Make your hospital or practice a welcoming place to report a problem, expert says

A close up of a physicians white jacket with a name tag that reads: PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE

PAs Attempt to Rebrand With a New Name

Years-long process with hopes of boosting profession's relevance and impact

A #Femtech advertisement from RTS labs.

Op-Ed: Let's Stop Equating Female and Male Bodies

Medical tech needs to account for how gender agnostic conditions affect women differently

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Op-Ed: Who Was Least Wrong About COVID?

ZDoggMD and Marty Makary review their pandemic hits and misses

A man with his face in his hands sits in the center of three chairs in a waiting room

Three Reasons Your Patients Are Unhappy

How to practice on a human level

50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion

"If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it"

Three photos of a young Indian woman beginning with her original skin tone and then progressively lightening.

Unhealthy Quest for Lighter Skin Fuels Bleaching Epidemic

Breaking the centuries-old cycle of myths about skin color

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