·
4 MIN READ

AMA report examines existing inequity driving Latinx COVID-19 impact

Report investigates reasons behind inequities, finds impact of COVID-19 on Latinx community likely underestimated.

Press Releases
·
28 MIN READ

Prioritizing Equity video series: Structural Racism and the Latinx Community

In this installment of the AMA Prioritizing Equity webinar series, public health leaders discuss COVID-19 and the Latinx community. Watch now.

series
Population Care
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
Physician disinfecting a patient's arm with cotton pad.
·
4 MIN READ

Who gets coronavirus vaccine first? Ethics, equity drive plan

Learn more with the AMA about experts’ four-phase plan for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine upon FDA approval.

Public Health
Figure taking an oath
·
4 MIN READ

1st-year medical students write physician oath for tumultuous times

Amid the pandemic and civil rights protests, incoming class of Pittsburgh medical students puts its own spin on an oath they swear as future doctors.

Medical School Life
Graduation cap with a dollar-sign tassel
·
3 MIN READ

How a record-setting gift will help tomorrow’s Black physicians

A massive donation to the nation’s four historically Black medical schools will provide about $100,000 in tuition funding per student.

Medical School Diversity
·
28 MIN READ

Prioritizing Equity video series: Chicago’s Response to COVID-19

In the Oct. 1, 2021 Prioritizing Equity webinar, Chicago public health leaders discuss challenges and lessons learned during COVID-19.

series
Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
·
1 MIN READ

AMA statement on framework for equitable COVID-19 vaccine allocation

The principles outlined in the framework released today are grounded in science and align with the fundamental values of medicine.

Press Releases
·
25 MIN READ

Prioritizing equity video series: Voting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AMA’s Prioritizing Equity YouTube series discusses the ways in which COVID-19 may uniquely impact the traditional voting process in 2020.

series
Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
·
18 MIN READ

AMA celebrates the kick-off to Women in Medicine month

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 with special episodes about women in medicine throughout September.

series
Women Physicians
AMA Update