AstraZeneca announced that the COVID-19 vaccine trial has resumed in the United States, including at UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, after the FDA and an independent safety review board completed their review of an illness contracted by a trial participant in the United Kingdom....
The "All of Us" Research Program is working to ensure that minority populations have a voice in health research. ...
Just a handful of volunteers received their first doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine candidate before the trial was put on hold and causing researchers to essentially start from scratch....
Black Americans have been left out of medical research for a number of reasons. That’s why the All of Us Research Program, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is so important. I am proud to partner with All of Us, a program that was designed specifically to close those racial gaps in medical research....
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has announced its 2020 Community Impact Grant awards for initiatives that aim to advance health equity and improve health and well-being throughout Wisconsin....
Even if ultimately approved and proven effective, there won't be enough of the medications for everyone who needs them....
Despite the civil rights gains of previous generations, formidable work remains to be done. Yet as our history has shown, Black thinkers and activists —from the poorest of the poor to those with great power and means — have been critical in challenging America to do this work. Their voices mattered....
The 'All of Us' Research Program at UW-Madison is proud to be a sponsor of Wisconsin's Century and Sesquicentennial Farm Program, which honors Wisconsin farming families who have lived and worked on their land for over 100 years. ...
When the coronavirus pandemic turned the economy upside down, it left Latinos disproportionately vulnerable. Some are frontline workers at heightened risk of contracting the coronavirus, while others have lost jobs in the service sectors hard hit by public health restrictions and economic downturn....
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately impact historically marginalized populations in Wisconsin and the need for accurate, culturally appropriate and relevant information is more important than ever....