Internal Medicine Physicians Concerned About Relaxed Approach to Paxlovid Prescribing
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Internal Medicine Physicians Call for Gun Violence to be Declared a National Epidemic and Public Health Emergency
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON July 5, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) believes it is time to state what is now self-evident: the mass shooting yesterday in Highland Park, the shooting in Philadelphia, the shooting in Minneapolis, and so many other communities show that the United States is experiencing a national epidemic of gun violence. The policy and public health response must treat it as such, using all the tools one would employ for an epidemic.
Internal Medicine Physicians Concerned by Court Decision To Limit EPA Authority over Carbon Emissions
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 30, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is extremely concerned by the Supreme Court decision that was issued today to restrict the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits for carbon emissions from power plants. Climate change is already harming the health of millions of people in America and throughout the world. We need to be putting into place policies to help mitigate the harm that that climate change has on human health.
ACP says Food Insecurity is a Threat to Public Health in the United States
WASHINGTON June 27, 2022 – Inadequate access to nutritious food negatively impacts the health of many Americans, which in turn can significantly exacerbate food and nutritional insecurity and other social factors impacting health, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security to Promote U.S.
Internal Medicine Physicians Laud the Passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Aimed at Reducing Firearms-related Deaths and Injuries
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Internal Medicine Physicians Greatly Concerned by Supreme Court Decision Eliminating Right to Reproductive Services
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 24, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is greatly concerned by the Supreme Court decision that was issued today overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right for millions of Americans to make their own decisions about their health care.
ACP Applauds FDA’s Plan to Remove JUUL Products from Being Sold and Marketed In the U.S.
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Washington, D.C. June 23, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is pleased that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will ban JUUL Labs Inc. from selling, distributing, and marketing e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products across the nation.
Internal Medicine Physicians Disappointed by Court Decision Striking Down Firearms Regulation
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Internal Medicine Physicians Urge Passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Containing Measures to Reduce Firearms-related Deaths and Injuries
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 22, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) strongly supports the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) legislation intended to protect America’s children, keep schools safe and reduce the threat of firearms violence across the country, and urges Congress to pass it without delay.
ACP Says Physician Payments Should Work Toward Health Equity
WASHINGTON June 20, 2022 – The current physician payment system does not adequately address the socioeconomic factors that impact patients’ health outcomes, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Reforming Physician Payments to Achieve Greater Equity and Value in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians.