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Joint AAKP-ASTS-AST letter in support of OPTN Modernization Funding

January 19, 2024

We ask that Congress finalize the FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill at or exceeding President Biden’s proposed increase of $36 million, for a total of $67 million to support these critical efforts.

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ASTS signs on to AMA letter regarding the removal of members of ACIP

June 18, 2025

The undersigned medical professional organizations are writing to express our significant concern regarding your recent action to terminate the entirety of the membership of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ACIP has, for decades, been a trusted advisory to CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services leadership, providing evidence-based  recommendations regarding vaccinations through a transparent public process.

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Joint Statements

ASTS Written Response to Proposed LCD Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection

August 29, 2025

We appreciate that data for the rapidly emerging field of molecular diagnostic testing are still maturing and that the global costs associated with such testing, while not insignificant, are less costly than biopsy and its associated complications or graft failure and return to dialysis (in the case of kidney) or repeat transplantation. However, molecular diagnostic testing has indisputable clinical utility and may provide massive clinical and economic benefits in the early detection and management of solid organ allograft rejection.

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Joint AMA Open Letter on Vaccines for Respiratory Virus Season

June 25, 2025

With the severe influenza season the U.S. experienced during the 2024-25 respiratory virus season, and the recognition that we will likely see another surge in respiratory viruses this fall, we know strong physician leadership is essential to reducing preventable illness, hospitalizations, and death. Vaccines for influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 remain among the best tools to protect the public against these illnesses and their potentially serious complications—and physicians are among the most trusted voices to recommend them. We come together as physicians from every corner of medicine to reaffirm our commitment to these lifesaving vaccines.

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