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Milestone Match Day sees record highs; soar in DO applicants
The 2020 Match unified allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) applicants for the first time in single matching program.
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DIY masks: Worth the risk? Researchers are conflicted
Some health care workers are making their own personal protective equipment.
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Match Day 2020: Online announcements replace celebrations, champagne
Match Day organizers look to Zoom, slide shows, email announcements, and other ways to engage future residents.
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Clinicians petition government for national quarantine
The petition was started by an apolitical Facebook group to focus attention on what members see as the most critical issues for clinicians.
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Physicians and health systems can reduce fear around COVID-19
“We must look after our patients. But we also have to look after ourselves so that we can look after our patients,” said Dr. Peter M. Yellowlees...
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June Medical Services v. Russo: Understanding this high-stakes abortion case
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The main question in this case has been decided before, but with a different Supreme Court. The current...
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‘Momentous’ USMLE change: New pass/fail format stuns medicine
Step 1 had been criticized as playing too big a role in the process of becoming a physician and for causing students to study for the test instead...
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OTC hormonal contraception: An important goal in the fight for reproductive justice
Access to contraception is not equal. This is especially true in states with a shortage of health care providers and barriers to adequate...
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Supporting our gender-diverse patients
ACOG urges nondiscriminatory practices when it comes to transgender patients’ health. Let us continue speaking up for the rights of all those who...
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Residents are drowning in job offers – and debt
Young doctors are being recruited “like blue-chip athletes.”
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Maternal mortality: Critical next steps in addressing the crisis
The MOMMA Act is an important follow-up to the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018, proposing to offer, among other things, Medicaid coverage...