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JAMA Medical News

Discussions of timely topics in clinical medicine, biomedical research, public health, health policy, and more, featured in the Medical News section of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Copyright: © American Medical Association, 2021

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August 2020 Medical News Summary Aug 25, 2020

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Researchers Strive to Recruit Hard-Hit Minorities Into COVID-19 Vaccine Trials; Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism; From Auto Mechanic to Emergency Medicine Resident: Inspiring Young Blacks to Become Physicians

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Researchers Strive to Recruit Hard-Hit Minorities Into COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism

From Auto Mechanic to Emergency Medicine Resident: Inspiring Young Blacks to Become Physicians

Carl Allamby, MD, Shifts Gears from Repairing Cars to Graduating Medical School at Age 47 Aug 05, 2020

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Carl Allamby, MD, discusses his circuitous route from long-time auto repair shop owner to emergency medicine resident with JAMA Medical News Senior Writer Rita Rubin. Growing up in Cleveland, Allamby never saw physicians who looked like him, but an introductory biology course required for his undergraduate business degree sparked a long dormant dream of becoming a physician.

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From Auto Mechanic to Emergency Medicine Resident: Inspiring Young Blacks to Become Physicians

July 2020 Medical News Summary Jul 28, 2020

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School Superintendents Confront COVID-19—"There Are No Good Options for Next Year"; Social Isolation—the Other COVID-19 Threat in Nursing Homes; COVID-19's Lasting Impact on Medical Practices

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COVID-19's Crushing Effects on Medical Practices, Some of Which Might Not Survive

School Superintendents Confront COVID-19—"There Are No Good Options for Next Year"

Social Isolation—the Other COVID-19 Threat in Nursing Homes

Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism Jun 29, 2020

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Chicago public health legend and retired physician Linda Rae Murray, MD, discusses systemic racism and the pandemic's disproportionate effect among African Americans and other people of color with JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi. Dr Murray is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and a past president of the American Public Health Association.

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Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism

June 2020 Medical News Summary Jun 23, 2020

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Latin America and Its Global Partners Toil to Procure Medical Supplies as COVID-19 Pushes the Region to Its Limit; "Abandoned" Nursing Homes Continue to Face Critical Supply and Staff Shortages as COVID-19 Toll Has Mounted; Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development?

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Latin America and Its Global Partners Toil to Procure Medical Supplies as COVID-19 Pushes the Region to Its Limit

"Abandoned" Nursing Homes Continue to Face Critical Supply and Staff Shortages as COVID-19 Toll Has Mounted

Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development?

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine Jun 03, 2020

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JAMA's Angel Desai, MD, speaks with Gary Marcus, PhD, coauthor of Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust. Marcus argues that endowing machines with intelligence will require innovation that embraces the complexity of the real world. Plus: How can AI be used during COVID-19?

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Artificial Intelligence: Promise, Pitfalls, and Perspective

May 2020 Medical News Summary May 26, 2020

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Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19; Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On; Global Effort to Collect Data on Ventilated Patients With COVID-19

Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On May 20, 2020

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The University of New Mexico's Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, speaks with JAMA's Jennifer Abbasi about the pandemic's mental and emotional toll on health care workers—and how they and their employers can safeguard their well-being.

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April 2020 Medical News Summary Apr 28, 2020

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Finding Ways to Reduce Coronavirus Exposure During Dialysis; The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19; The Challenge of Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Correctional Facilities

Pandemic Part 2: A Trip to Philadelphia's Mutter Museum Apr 27, 2020

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A new exhibit on the 1918 flu pandemic asks: What is an individual's responsibility to their community during a pandemic? Exhibit curator Jane Boyd and museum manager Nancy Hill take Jennifer Abbasi on a tour of the medical museum's new exhibit just weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak first emerged.

Pandemic Part 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic and COVID-19

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Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic

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