Top US medical body to review vaccine effectiveness as government ‘abdicates’ responsibility

"They are filling a void that the government created," Ezekiel Emanuel, vice-provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, told journalists on Tuesday...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/american-medical-assocation-vaccine-review

 

Abortion was once common practice in America. A small group of doctors changed that : NPR

In U.S. history, abortion wasn't always controversial. In fact, in colonial America, it was considered a fairly common practice, a private decision made by women and aided mostly by midwives. But in the mid-1800s, a small group of physicians set out to change that. Led by a zealous young doctor named Horatio Storer, they launched a campaign to make abortion illegal in every state…

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/06/1103372543/abortion-was-once-common-practice-in-america-a-small-group-of-doctors-changed-th

American Medical Association Opposes GOP Health Care Plan (NBC News)

Conservatives, liberals, and policy wonks all agree: The GOP's Obamacare replacement won't work. Now, major doctors' groups have rejected it, too. ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/american-medical-association-opposes-gop-health-care-plan-n730741

The U.S.’ Largest Medical Association Will Fight Congress To Lift Ban On Gun Violence Research

The largest medical organization in the United States, the American Medical Association, passed a historic resolution last night in response to the weekend’s mass shooting. After years of tiptoeing around the topic of gun control, AMA leaders voted to officially call gun violence a public health issue — and respond accordingly.

That means flexing the organization’s powerful political muscle on Capitol Hill to refocus federal funds toward studying gun violence. To see this through, however, Congress would need to lift a 20-year-old ban that blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from funding any research related to gun violence. But the AMA, with one of the largest political lobbying budgets of any organization in the U.S., appears ready to fight....
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/06/15/3788662/ama-gun-violence-research/