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If technology is to improve health equity, it won’t happen by accident

Strategic planning and purposeful execution is needed to ensure that innovations such as health care AI do not exacerbate bias.

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Want to defeat COVID-19? You can do your part when you #MaskUp

Turning the tide against COVID-19 is a goal all of us can get behind—and you can do your part by spreading the word. It is absolutely time to get behind a mask.

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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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AMA, AHA, ANA: Open letter on mask use, stopping spread of COVID-19

AMA, AHA, ANA urge the American people to protect themselves, their neighbors and their loved ones by taking simple steps to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

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New AMA president: COVID-19 can spur positive changes in health care

In this Q&A, new AMA President Susan R. Bailey, MD, discusses what the nation’s COVID-19 experience has to teach us about removing obstacles to patient care.

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Pandemic rekindles urgent need for medical student debt relief

Our health care heroes are taking risks to deliver care on COVID-19’s front lines. Learn about congressional efforts the AMA supports to ease their debt worries.

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Dr. Harris made big mark as AMA president, but her work’s not over

In this Q&A, learn what AMA Immediate Past President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, sees in the year ahead for patients and physicians.

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Susan R. Bailey, MD, takes the oath as AMA president at June 2020 HOD meeting

In the Special Meeting of the House of Delegates on June 7, 2020, Susan Bailey, MD, was inaugurated as president of the AMA. Watch Dr. Bailey take the oath of office.

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Susan R. Bailey, M.D., inaugurated as 175th president of the AMA

Texas allergist becomes third consecutive woman to hold office.

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