As the pandemic brings long-standing health disparities into sharper view, community health workers are coming to the forefront in the public health response. Read the Full Article.
There are currently more than 150 different COVID-19 vaccines under development. Of these, more than 50 have reached human trials, and several have been approved for emergency or full use on six continents. In the US, two vaccines—one from the biotechnology company,...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is taking a hard look at what it’s doing and how it can be done differently so as to no longer perpetuate the status quo. According to NIH Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research William T. Riley, PhD:...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the ways clinical trials are administered, said Reynold Panettieri, vice chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science at Rutgers. “In the past, clinical trials and clinical research were done usually in a...
(Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-052) The COVID-19 pandemic, along with extensive mitigation measures, has adversely affected progress in many biomedical research settings. Evidence from multiple sources, including a survey NIH issued to its extramural research workforce,...
