Bridget Balch
@BridgetBalch
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Staff Writer for the Association of American Medical Colleges. Formerly reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Houston Chronicle.
Richmond, VA
Joined April 2015
RT @HMSHCP: 🚨New interview with @HarvardMed professor @AnupamBJena shares with @BridgetBalch of @AAMCtoday how random events can influence….
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RT @AAMCtoday: Tiny plastic particles or microplastics have been found throughout the human body. What does that mean for our health? Resea….
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RT @AAMCtoday: In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, AAMCNews shares a timeline of major milestones: from being deemed too weak to study medicin….
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RT @AAMCtoday: Four years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, experts know more about mutating strains, vaccine effectiveness, and long COVI….
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RT @KaliChanNews: SHINING A LIGHT: What are the #psychological considerations for those seeking to reduce body #weight and these #weightlos….
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RT @sanjoseclinic: Climate change is reshaping clinics like San José Clinic. Read how SJC Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Adlia Ebeid, discusse….
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RT @pilarortegamd: Why I do #language #equity work: “For English speakers, it is a given that the patient and doctor will be able to #commu….
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RT @UCSFPsychiatry: Medical students across the country are calling for greater support for new parents, pushing for more comprehensive par….
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RT @AAMCtoday: Lou Gaghan, MD, & BT Parker, MPH, heard from fellow students who were parents about their confusion surrounding @UNC_SOM's a….
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Congrats to all those who matched Friday!.
Age shouldn't be a barrier to pursuing your passion. As they anticipate #Match2023, eight #medstudents share their stories on nontraditional paths to #medschool as well as their hopes and plans for residency training.
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Heartbreaking and illuminating investigation into nursing homes being gutted by for-profit companies, with one of the worst offenders here in Richmond.
Just over a year ago, I read a paper which showed that when private equity buys nursing homes, death rates go up 10%. I was a med student at Stanford, but I halted my studies to investigate. Today, that investigation was published in @NewYorker
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RT @AAMCtoday: Childhood vaccination rates in the United States have declined compared to pre-pandemic levels. @BridgetBalch spoke to exper….
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RT @AAMCtoday: Academic researchers partner with tech companies to make research more accessible and include more data. @BridgetBalch delve….
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John Ramsey is an incredible editor and journalist. He pushed me to dig deeper, tell meaningful human stories, and hold the powerful to account, all while being a truly kind human. Any news outlet would be lucky to have him and @RTDNEWS is losing a champion for the vulnerable.
I got laid off today. Didn’t see that coming. Who’s hiring?.
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RT @RussyanMabeza: Thank you @BridgetBalch (@AAMCtoday News) for including me in this project. Medical training amidst a pandemic has been….
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Have questions about how vaccines are holding up against the omicron variant? I spoke with experts at @AAMCtoday institutions to get the answers:
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People who come to the U.S. seeking asylum face barriers to accessing health care. Here's how medical students are trying to bridge the gap.
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The future of CRISPR is now -- I had the opportunity to speak with experts at the cutting edge of gene-editing technology to write this piece about CRISPR's potential for both good and harm:
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Virginia's guardianship system "woefully inadequate," state watchdog finds.
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