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Candidate for election at 2024 Annual Meeting: Nariman Heshmati, MD, MBA

Read the candidate profile for Nariman Heshmati, MD, MBA, running for a position on the Council on Science & Public Health at the 2024 Annual Meeting elections.

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Candidate for election at 2024 Annual Meeting: Raymond K. Tu, MD, MS

Read the candidate profile for Raymond K. Tu, MD, MS, running for a position on the Council on Science & Public Health at the 2024 Annual Meeting elections.

AMA Elections
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What doctors wish patients knew about the contagious norovirus

Often wrongly called the “stomach flu,” norovirus sickens tens of millions of Americans annually. Two physicians explain how to prevent and treat it.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Time for new ideas to address rising drug shortages

Drug shortages are at highest levels since 2014. Learn about AMA policy to address the shortages that negatively affect patient care across the U.S.

Public Health
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What do disabled physicians need to flourish? Try asking

Learn more with AMA member Joanna Turner Bisgrove, MD, a family physician who successfully practices with a hearing impairment.

Health Equity
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Reforms needed to alleviate persistent drug shortages

Federal regulators and Congress need to act now to eliminate persistent drug shortages that threaten patient health and well-being.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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About the Council on Science & Public Health (CSAPH)

See how CSAPH works to represent the AMA’s core belief that scientific evidence is the basis for improving the quality of patient care.

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AMA encourages school districts utilizing school resource officers to develop MOUs

The AMA House of Delegates adopted policy aimed at ensuring school districts that choose to employ SROs explicitly define their roles and responsibilities.

Press Releases
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Growth of self-directed testing raises risks of patient confusion

Direct-access tests—also called self-service labs—can be misunderstood or misinterpreted by patients. The AMA adopts new policy to protect patients.

Public Health