The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to diversify clinical trial participation and to have a more precise description and understanding of those who participate. The agency’s proposed ...

Experts predict that the U.S. will be short between 17,800 and 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034. For many, those numbers may seem too abstract to fathom or the year too far away to ponder given ...

It is vital that administration of routine vaccines occur on time to prevent certain communicable diseases. These routine vaccinations induce long-term immunity for many infectious diseases while also ...

Editor’s note: On the opening day of its April meeting in Paris, the World Medical Association issued a strongly worded emergency resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its bombing of ...

Since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the spring of 2021, there has been a wide gap in deaths between the unvaccinated and vaccinated. Toward the end of 2022, though, data showed that ...

When considering the potential negative effects on quality and safety of proposed scope of practice changes that would give nurse practitioners more latitude to practice independently, that is the ...

Launched in June 2019, the goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system. It ...

You are likely familiar with the staggering physician shortage projections made by the experts at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The nation will come up short on physicians ...

International Medical Graduates who seek entry into U.S. programs of Graduate Medical Education (GME) must obtain a visa that permits clinical training to provide medical services. Nearly one-fourth ...

Editor’s note: In January, a three-judge panel from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2–1 decision that federal law precludes Safehouse from operating its proposed site in Philadelphia.

An AMA-led coalition of 108 national, state and specialty medical societies, has been active in dozens of states this year, working to block legislation that would provide inappropriate expansion of ...

Obesity continues to be a significant global health concern, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Recognizing the urgency to combat this pervasive issue, medical advancements have paved the ...