Year: 2020

News

A Definitive Step Forward | ABC and Partners Applaud $100 Million Gift to Historically Black Medical Schools

A JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK CARDIOLOGISTS, NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL MINORITY QUALITY FORUM , THE W. MONTAGUE COBB/NMA HEALTH INSTITUTE,…

ABC Statement – Public Listening Session on COVD-19 Vaccine Allocation

The following 5-minute statement was presented by ABC Board Chair Dr. Elizabeth Ofili made on behalf of the ABC during the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Public Listening…

Job Alert: Cardiologist for Cardiac MRI, Kansas City, MO

The nationally-prominent Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute (SLMAHI) is seeking a Level III Cardiac MR Reader to join a team of 85 board-certified heart experts to develop the cardiology…

Advocacy Campaign to Make COVID Care More Accessible Gains Momentum

Earlier this month, ABC and a coalition of partners signed an open letter asking Congress to make testing and flu vaccinations more accessible, especially to communities most impacted by the…

Partner Release: NJEM Publishes Positive Phase 3 Evinacumab Results in Patients with Severe Inherited Form of High Cholesterol

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Aug. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) suffer from a severe form of early cardiovascular disease and are inadequately served by currently available medications Adding evinacumab…

ABC and Partners Call on Congress and President to Expand Access to Care in COVID-19 Bill

EMBARGOED Until August 6, 2020, 12:30 pm EDT  Patients, Consumers, the Underserved, Healthcare Providers and Public Health Call on Congress to Fix a Missing Link So Pharmacies Can Ramp Up…