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A robust and resilient infrastructure can help ensure continued access to care
July 26, 2024
![A photo of a man holding a smartphone displaying the CrowdStrike website.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111264.jpg)
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Heath systems and clinicians can engage patients and care team members
July 25, 2024
![A photo of a male doctor with an I VOTED TODAY pin on his white coat.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111237.jpg)
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Congress must ensure the Comstock Act does not encroach on reproductive rights
July 24, 2024
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We cannot simply build our way out of the overcrowding and boarding crisis
July 23, 2024
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![A photo of a male physician shaking hands with a robot.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111186.jpg)
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Despite the draft recommendation for primary care, physicians and policies can make a difference
July 19, 2024
![A photo of a cup, a plate of crumbs, and a mostly eaten apple inside of an empty refrigerator](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111166.jpg)
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Democrat, Republican, or other, physicians must discuss this as a public health issue
July 18, 2024
![A photo of a bloodied Donald Trump being escorted off the rally stage by Secret Service agents.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111141.jpg)
![A photo of a female psychiatrist listening to her mature male patient.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111111.jpg)
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Ensuring medication access does not have to come at the cost of innovation
July 16, 2024
![A photo of Peter Buxtun in San Francisco.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111109.jpg)
![A photo of an out of focus female physician with her head in her hand.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111097.jpg)
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