05 Oct Q+A: Coronavirus in Context: Including All of Us in clinical trials
A Q+A about COVID-19 and the All of Us Research Program with Dr. Ed Ramos, the Director of the Digital Clinical Trials at Scripps Research institute. ...
COVID-19
30 Sep NIH to assess and expand COVID-19 testing for underserved communities
The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $234 million to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved and vulnerable populations....
30 Sep ‘Rent is Still Due’: What you need to know about the CDC’s order to pause residential evictions
A guide for Wisconsin renters at risk for eviction during the coronavirus pandemic....
29 Sep I’m in a COVID vaccine trial – please think about joining me
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, a UW Health physician, discusses why he chose to volunteer for a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at UW Health....
28 Sep Why COVID-19 vaccine trials are being undermined by a lack of diversity
At least 10 COVID-19 vaccines are currently in the final phase of their trials, where the vaccine is given to thousands of people to test its safety and efficacy. But as the quest for a coronavirus vaccine continues, experts say there’s still an issue with how diverse these trials are, which could impact how effective a vaccine is for everyone....
28 Sep Black doctors want to vet vaccine process, worried about mistrust from years of medical racism
As the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention repeatedly assure the public that the COVID-19 vaccine will be safe, indications that the review process may be undercut by politics has turned off people in minority communities to getting the vaccine when it becomes available — worrying physicians that communities disproportionately devastated by the pandemic are most at risk of being left out of immunization efforts....
28 Sep UW-Madison partners with state and public health agencies on COVID-19
In early September, the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services onto campus to initiate a new partnership in light of the COVID-19 pandemic....
18 Sep COVID-19 vaccine trials step up efforts to reach minorities
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Many thousands of volunteers from minority groups are needed for huge clinical trials underway or about to begin. Scientists say a diverse group of test subjects is vital to determining whether a vaccine is safe and effective for everyone and instilling broad public confidence in the shots once they become available....
18 Sep Team led by UW-Madison’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research receives NIH grant to help battle COVID-19
Dr. Elizabeth Burnside and Dr. Jomol Mathew, who are both part of the All of Us Research leadership team at UW-Madison, recently received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award for a project that will provide the first opportunity at UW to leverage real-time clinical data for research and contribute to the new National #COVID19 Cohort Collaborative, which aims to answer critical research questions to address the pandemic....
08 Sep The National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to speed up COVID-19 research
A new effort at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gives people the opportunity to take part in clinical trials. ...