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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

By engaging with lawmakers and key stakeholders, the Academy worked to ensure that the voices of family physicians were heard in discussions that have the potential to impact healthcare delivery and access for communities across the state. What Happened: This legislation has been enacted into law.

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Why some Latino communities fear the COVID-19 vaccine, and what can be done to help

Medical Xpress

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some people in medically underserved Latino communities avoided getting vaccinated due to fears of side effects, mistrust of health officials and vaccine manufacturers and discrimination from health care workers, according to a new study from Rice University.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Our Consulting Services offer customized strategies for group practices, health systems, and medical societies ready to accelerate their impact and lead the way in climate-smart care.

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Baby Formula Shortages

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

If not, your pediatrician’s office can work with you to access all community resources. Always mix formula as directed by the manufacturer. If your child has special health needs, be sure to check with their doctor about medically appropriate and safe feeding alternatives. This is a very difficult problem.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Attorney General Garland: Marijuana Enforcement Remains Low DOJ Enforcement Priority in States Where Activity Is Legal

FDA Law Blog

Marijuana is legal for medical use in 37 states, and for recreational use by adults in 18 states, but the drug remains a federal schedule I substance. They are the most stringently regulated substances of abuse and it is unlawful to manufacture and distribute them. 21 U.S.C. § 812(c)(10). 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § Jefferson B.

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Primary care clinics changes in abortion care after participation in the 2022-23 ExPAND Mifepristone Learning Collaborative [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The ExPAND Mifepristone (ExPAND) learning collaborative is a year-long program focused on growing the pool of abortion providers by integrating medication abortion into primary care. Setting and Population Studied: The ExPAND 2022-23 cohort supported 3 clinics in the Midwest (1 FQHC, 2 community hospital clinics).