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Nominations Open for the 2025 Family Medicine Educator of the Year
Do you know a family medicine educator who has positively impacted their community, students, and residents? If an educator has inspired you, please consider nominating them! The WAFP Foundation celebrates educators who…
Celebrating Public Health Thank You Day
The Monday before Thanksgiving marks Public Health Thank You Day, a chance to express appreciation for those on the front lines of public health. Family medicine and public health are…
Nov. 21 was National Rural Health Day
The Washington Academy of Family Physicians joins health care partners around the country to celebrate National Rural Health Day. Nearly a quarter of the US population lives in rural areas,…
November Vax Corner: Pertussis on the Rise
The Vax Corner column is written by Maria Huang, MD, one of the co-chairs of the Vaccine Committee for the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics: Whooping cough…
WAFP, WCAAP, Other Stakeholders Sign Letter on RSV Vaccines
WAFP President Carla Ainsworth, MD, MPH, and representatives from other medical and public health societies signed a letter to raise awareness of administering RSV vaccines for Washington’s youngest patients. Nirsevimab…
Join a Study to Improve Adult Vaccination Rates
From the Washington State Department of Health: The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is partnering with Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a…