Alexander Ding, MD, chair of the AMA Council on Science and Public Health, discusses a new AMA policy calling climate change a healthcare crisis and outlines the need for action to mitigate its impact on public health.

This new policy calls for partnerships with other professional healthcare societies to call out false information.

The American Medical Association voted this week to adopt several new policies related to address gun violence during the AMA’s House of Delegates 2022 annual meeting in Chicago.

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, was inaugurated this week as the 177th president of the AMA and pledged to fight injustices against both patients and physicians.

American Medical Association President Gerald Harmon, MD, joined us for an exclusive chat about some of the hottest topics discussed at the 2022 AMA House of Delegates meeting.

The AMA says there will be numerous major public health impacts if global temperatures continue to rise, adopting three new policies to address this ongoing trend. 

The court case stems from HHS’ 2018  final rule establishing separate reimbursement rates for hospitals that serve low-income or rural populations through the 340B program and all other hospitals.

Here are images from the American Medical Association (AMA) 2022 House of Delegates (HOD) meeting in Chicago, June 10-15. This was the first time the HOD met in two and a half years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.