From a supersmart bionic leg to gene therapy for deafness, we look at recent advancements from academic medicine that aim to reduce suffering and treat disease.
A handful of current medical students are either competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris — or competed in the Olympic trials. Here are their stories.
AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, MD, comments on the Senate’s inability to pass a permanent legislative solution for individuals with DACA status.
The AAMC supports the budget deal to provide support vital to our nation’s health security and will help safety net hospitals serve vulnerable patients.
Home-based primary care programs, many of which are run by academic medical centers, bring comprehensive care to homebound patients with chronic conditions.
The immigrant son of an immigrant physician—now also a physician himself—reveals how stricter immigration controls and rescinding DACA will harm all patients.
Learn about research and efforts that are propelling dramatic reductions in health care–associated infections and how one type of infection dropped by 50%.
For the first time, the majority of entering medical school matriculants are women. Learn why this is only the first step in making medicine more inclusive.
