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Delegates at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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Highlights from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran Nov. 12–15.

Interim Meeting
Two attendees listening at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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AMA: U.S. health sector should decarbonize

Climate change is a public health crisis, physicians say. The AMA calls for cutting greeenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Public Health
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3 MIN READ

AMA strengthens commitment to combatting climate crisis

The AMA today adopted policy during the Interim Meeting of its House of Delegates strengthening its efforts to address the climate crisis.

Press Releases
Mobile COVID-19 testing tent
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4 MIN READ

Time to reinforce ties between patients, doctors and public health

Family physician Frederick M. Chen, MD, MPH, is the AMA’s new chief heath and science officer. Learn what gives him hope for medicine’s tomorrow.

Physician-Patient Relationship
Half of planet earth on fire
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3 MIN READ

U.S. health system must come to terms with its environmental impact

The health system harms communities with its solid, liquid and gas emissions. Learn how health care organizations and policymakers can respond.

Public Health
Trees and streams in the shape of human lungs
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4 MIN READ

For Oregon doctors, climate change’s health impact is self-evident

Heat killed hundreds last year in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more from a top MD at Kaiser Permanente Northwest about the climate change health crisis.

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Public Health
Health System Spotlight
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19 MIN READ

Climate change's effects on human health with Colin Cave, MD [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 climate change's effects on human health.

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Public Health
AMA Update Podcast
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19 MIN READ

Climate change's effects on human health with Colin Cave, MD

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing climate change's effects on human health.

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Public Health
AMA Update
Jerry Abraham, MD
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10 MIN READ

Q&A: When fighting climate change, don’t overlook health equity

Throughout the pandemic, AMA member Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ, has advocated for equitable vaccine distribution. Now he’s taking on climate change.

Public Health