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Laura Pugh, a third-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, delivers groceries to a local senior.

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WATCH: Medical students rally to connect with isolated… December 22, 2020

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Mercy Dickson, MD, MBA, a third-year emergency medicine resident, gets one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center on Dec. 14.

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Mercy Dickson, MD, MBA, a third-year emergency medicine resident, gets one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center on Dec. 14.

COVID-19 vaccines: Here’s what health care workers need to know

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

December 18, 2020

A masked professor teaches two masked students in a classroom

Medical Education

A masked professor teaches two masked students in a classroom

More students are entering medical school

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

December 16, 2020

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Wellness

A medical provider rests his head on his hands

Doctors forgo mental health care during pandemic over concerns about licensing, stigma

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

December 10, 2020

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Honing the craft: How medical schools weave arts and humanities into education

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

December 8, 2020

A medical staff member checks an electrocardiograph while performing endoscopy on a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 25, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

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A medical staff member checks an electrocardiograph while performing endoscopy on a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 25, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

Thanksgiving on the front lines: Doctors working the holiday share stories of grief, stress, and hope

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

December 4, 2020

A Black physician in a mask talks to a patient in a mask

Diversity and Inclusion

A Black physician in a mask talks to a patient in a mask

Black men make up less than 3% of physicians. That requires immediate action, say leaders in academic medicine.

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

November 23, 2020

Exterior of Supreme Court of the United States on First Street in Washington DC, USA with statue by James Earle Fraser titled Authority of Law (1935)

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Exterior of Supreme Court of the United States on First Street in Washington DC, USA with statue by James Earle Fraser titled Authority of Law (1935)

That’s enough: Supreme Court appears poised to resolve validity of ACA and ‘move on’

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

November 19, 2020

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Taison Bell, MD, gets one of the first Pfizer coronavirus vaccinations at UVA Health on Dec. 15.

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Taison Bell, MD, gets one of the first Pfizer coronavirus vaccinations at UVA Health on Dec. 15.

Why I rolled up my sleeve for the vaccine — and why you should too

Taison Bell, MD

December 23, 2020

Internal medicine physician Elaine Khoong, MD, pictured meeting remotely with a San Francisco Health Network patient, worries about patients who can't easily use telemedicine.

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Internal medicine physician Elaine Khoong, MD, pictured meeting remotely with a San Francisco Health Network patient, worries about patients who can't easily use telemedicine.

How the telemedicine boom threatens to increase inequities

Elaine Khoong, MD

December 14, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) emblem is displayed on its headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is collecting information on individual countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic since spring 2020.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) emblem is displayed on its headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is collecting information on individual countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic since spring 2020.

I’m a medical student tracking the U.S. response to COVID-19 for the WHO. Here’s what I’ve learned.

Mathew Alexander

December 1, 2020

A doctor speaks to an older woman in a mask

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A doctor speaks to an older woman in a mask

Saving Black lives during COVID-19: Vaccines matter

Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH

October 13, 2020

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Innovations in Health Technology: Telehealth

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