Topic in Focus: Vaccine Misinformation

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A year in review: Physician leaders look back on 2021

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. In this special end-of-year feature, physicians tell their own stories of 2021.

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Moving Medicine Video Update
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Dr. Hotez on what feeds vaccine refusal: “Anti-science aggression”

COVID-19 misinformation deters millions from vaccination. AMA member Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, calls it anti-science aggression. Learn more.

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Flow of damaging COVID-19 disinformation must end now

The spread of pandemic-related falsehoods poses tremendous risks to the health of our patients, and to the credibility of physicians as trusted sources of information.

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AMA in the News: November 2021

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for November 2021.

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Paul Offit, MD, discusses the importance of pediatric COVID vaccination [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 the importance of pediatric COVID-19 vaccination.

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Paul Offit, MD, discusses the importance of pediatric COVID vaccination

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the importance of pediatric COVID-19 vaccination.

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White House’s Dr. Choucair: Mandates key to beating COVID-19

Bechara Choucair, MD, the president’s vaccinations coordinator, explains how employee mandates can work to boost U.S. immunization rates.

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Top 10 stories from the November 2021 AMA Special Meeting

Evidence and equity should carry the day on public health, policing and more. Learn the biggest news from the House of Delegates’ fall gathering.
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Collaboration needed to end spread of public health misinformation

The AMA will work with other health-professional societies to stop disinformation’s harmful spread—patients’ lives and health are at stake.

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