September 29, 2020
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....
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September 28, 2020
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....
September 28, 2020
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....
September 28, 2020
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....