Racial Inclusivity in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
African Americans know, perhaps the most, what it means to be the first to be heavily recruited yet neglected by biomedicine.
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Read more: Structural Racism: The Root Cause of the Social Determinants of Health Structural Racism: The Root Cause of the Social Determinants of Health
Government and public health officials must aggressively work to end structural racism and revise laws that create racial inequalities.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the ‘Essential’ Yet Underappreciated Front-Line Health Care Worker COVID-19 and the ‘Essential’ Yet Underappreciated Front-Line Health Care Worker
On the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic response, there is an often forgotten workforce that is largely Black and Brown and female.
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Read more: Black Women Can’t Breathe Black Women Can’t Breathe
Racism in health care, expressed through implicit and explicit biases, is the ultimate form of suffocation.
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Read more: Understanding the Role of Race in Health: A New Digital Symposium Understanding the Role of Race in Health: A New Digital Symposium
Today, medicine and the health care system embody discourses of power that rival the law. Will these discourses inevitably serve to oppress BIPOC?
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Read more: The SSTAR Initiative: A Policy Proposal for a Full, Equitable Recovery from COVID-19 The SSTAR Initiative: A Policy Proposal for a Full, Equitable Recovery from COVID-19
Full recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require new policy that promotes equity and streamlines access to social services.
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Read more: Racial Disparities Persist in Human Subjects Research Racial Disparities Persist in Human Subjects Research
Human subjects research has long been plagued by racial inequality. While flagrant abuses have been curtailed, disparities have, unfortunately, persisted.
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Read more: COVID-19 is a Perfect Storm of Hardship for US Immigrant Communities COVID-19 is a Perfect Storm of Hardship for US Immigrant Communities
Immigrant communities, along with communities of color and people experiencing existing health inequities, are expected to face disproportionate effects.
