An Equity-Based Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Taking a broader, systems-level approach to the distribution of incoming COVID-19 vaccines may drive health equity.
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Read more: Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Lessons from the UK Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Lessons from the UK
The U.S. can and should cautiously assess the U.K.’s vaccination strategy to avoid challenges that may impede its ability to control the virus.
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Read more: Benefits and Drawbacks of Emergency Use Authorizations for COVID Vaccines Benefits and Drawbacks of Emergency Use Authorizations for COVID Vaccines
The EUA pathway may impede vital scientific progress needed to establish the long term safety and efficacy of investigational COVID-19 vaccines.
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Read more: Advance Health Equity by Getting Vaccine Distribution Right Advance Health Equity by Getting Vaccine Distribution Right
Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine soonest, and will those decisions be based on equitable criteria?
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Read more: The Politics of CDC Public Health Guidance During COVID-19 The Politics of CDC Public Health Guidance During COVID-19
In recent months, public health guidance from the CDC has become a site of political reckoning.
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Read more: COVID-19 Highlights the Vital Connection Between Food and Health COVID-19 Highlights the Vital Connection Between Food and Health
Together, food insecurity and COVID-19 have proven to be a deadly combination for Black and Brown people.
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Read more: Overworked, Overlooked, and Unprotected: Domestic Workers and COVID-19 Overworked, Overlooked, and Unprotected: Domestic Workers and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected domestic workers, such as home health care workers, house cleaners, and child care workers.
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Read more: COVID-19 Immunity as Passport to Work Will Increase Economic Inequality COVID-19 Immunity as Passport to Work Will Increase Economic Inequality
A focus on immunity as a yardstick for return to work will only serve to widen the gulf of economic inequality in the U.S.
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Read more: Unequal Representation: Race, Sex, and Trust in Medicine — COVID-19 and Beyond Unequal Representation: Race, Sex, and Trust in Medicine — COVID-19 and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has given renewed importance and urgency to the need for racial and gender diversity in clinical trials.
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Read more: Understanding the Role of Race in Health: Conclusions from the Symposium Understanding the Role of Race in Health: Conclusions from the Symposium
Through social movement advocacy and engagement, BIPOC can create their own narrative of medical need and activism.
