Today’s affirmative action SCOTUS decision undermines decades of progress. Diversity is vital to health care, and this ruling deals a serious blow to our goal of increasing med career opportunities for historically marginalized people. https://t.co/laWGJI2tuO
Read some of the latest in @acpinternist Weekly: https://t.co/3FYNzFKT4k
🔸 USPSTF newly recommends screening adults for anxiety
🔸 Coadministration of zoster vaccine, #COVID19 booster appears safe, effective
(1/2) Female physicians face an astonishing $2 million earnings gap compared to their male counterparts over their careers, with the widest disparities observed in male-dominated specialties. It is time for change! #WomenInMedicine#MedTwitter
ACP is #IMProud of all our Black #InternalMedicine physicians and the contributions they have brought to #InternalMedicine around the world. As part of this celebration, we are also committed to addressing racial disparities that affect health and health care. #Juneteenth
Congratulations to ACP Fellow, Mandy Cohen, M.D., MPH, FACP (@DrMandyCohen), for being appointed by President Biden as the new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (@CDCgov). Read more: https://t.co/OA8cToM79m
Read some of the latest in @acpinternist Weekly: https://t.co/3FYNzFKT4k
🔸 Quadruple therapy for heart failure cost-effective compared to previous standard of care
🔸 Women in academia report more sexual harassment, negative work climates, survey finds
@RepStefanik “Illegal”? “Weaponization”? Shame on you. None of us should engage in partisan hyperbole. let the democratic process proceed without bias or interference
Influential #IMPhysician of the Month: E. Donnall Thomas, M.D. (1920-2012). A 1990 @NobelPrize laureate, Dr. Thomas, his wife Dottie, & others @fredhutch pioneered bone marrow transplantation, which has saved the lives of thousands of patients with blood #cancer. #IMProud
Influential #IMPhysician of the Month: E. Donnall Thomas, M.D. (1920-2012). A 1990 @NobelPrize laureate, Dr. Thomas, his wife Dottie, & others @fredhutch pioneered bone marrow transplantation, which has saved the lives of thousands of patients with blood #cancer. #IMProud
We want our patients and communities to live the healthiest lives possible, but climate change and fossil fuel emissions prevent that vision from being a reality. (1/3)
#AAPIHeritageMonth is a celebration of the history, culture, and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. ACP is #IMProud of our #AAPI internal medicine physicians & the contributions they have brought to #InternalMedicine around the world.
#NYACP members and leaders ready to bring the voice of #IMPhysicians and patients to #CapitolHill today! #ACPLD
Stay up to date on the topics and take action by sending letters to elected officials through Advocates for Internal Medicine Network: https://t.co/gmDqkeKgXS
President of ACP services @Isaac_Opole calling us to continue the steady, long term, committed advocacy. "Share our stories, share our skills."
"Be a voice for ourselves, for others and ... to change the world "
"Whatever you do, do something in advocacy."