The MMS works with the Massachusetts congressional delegation, national medical associations, and federal regulators to produce results for patients and physicians in Massachusetts and across the country.
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Massachusetts Medical Society supports federal ban on sale of flavored tobacco products
August 3, 2022
The physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society strongly support the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed nationwide banning of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The MMS took a similar stance, rooted in organizational policy, in urging Massachusetts legislators and regulators...
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Massachusetts Medical Society reacts to overturning of Roe vs. Wade
June 24, 2022
Today is a heartbreaking and challenging day for many. The Massachusetts Medical Society believes that health care is a basic human right and strives for equity in access to and quality of care and condemns today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court as antithetical to those principles....
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Massachusetts Medical Society on Uvalde, Texas Shooting
May 25, 2022
Today, our country is shocked once again by the killing of children and school personnel by a young man with a gun. We grieve for the victims, families, and the entire community of Uvalde, Texas.
We are angry, not only as a physician community shaken and saddened by the senseless loss of life...
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Massachusetts Medical Society on taking precautions as COVID-19 numbers increase
May 16, 2022
Despite the warmer weather and our collective hope for a reprieve of some sort, it is important to acknowledge that COVID-19 is still with us, and we need to continue to utilize the proven public health measures and tools at our disposal to prevent infection and disease spread.
Public health...
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Massachusetts Medical Society, Mass. ACOG and Mass. AFP urge protection of equitable access to reproductive care
May 4, 2022
This week, a draft opinion was leaked in the Supreme Court case of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, revealing a five-Justice majority prepared to overturn the fundamental right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice Roberts confirmed this draft is authentic. This...
