Lilly Injects $30m into Fund Targeting Healthcare Inequities in America—Untapped Potential
The Unseen Capital Health Fund LP, a newly-formed venture fund created by racially diverse and historically unrepresented business leaders was […]
Indiana Minority Health Coalition Offers Platform to Educate Blacks & Other Minorities About Importance of COVID-19 Vaccine
Recently, the Indiana Minority Health Coalition hosted an event to direct a frank discussion about health inequities in general and […]
Stanford-led Study Reveals Black and Hispanics Fall Sick in Greater Numbers Proportionately & Death Rates a Function of Hospital
Blacks and Hispanic people make up 58% of all people hospitalized for COVID-19 and 53% of those who passed away […]
UC San Diego Brings J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Trial to the Southern Districts of the County to Connect with more At-Risk & Minority Groups
UC San Diego Health has joined the third major Phase 3 clinical trial assessing the efficacy and safety of a […]
NIH Funds $12m for COVID-19 Vaccine & Therapy Trial Participation Education
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $12 million to RTI International (RTI), a non-profit research institution, to support the […]
NIH Develops Ads to Bolster Minority Participation in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials: But are Ads Enough to Develop Trust?
Do advertisements work? Well, there’s a long-running debate that’s well beyond the scope of this snippet. The National Institutes of […]
Trial Sites Continue to Fall Short of Minority Recruitment Goals for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Recent media reports further highlight that trial site organizations across the nation are struggling to attract sufficient numbers of minority […]
Minority Participation Lagging even in Some African American Majority Cities Potentially Slowing Down Moderna Vaccine Study
Is the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine study recruiting sufficient numbers of minorities—that is, particularly African Americans and Latinos? The Cambridge biotech […]
Bristol Myers Squibb Raises the Bar for Commitment to Minority and Underserved Populations
American pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb and its Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation have announced a $300 million investment as part […]
NCAA & NFL Champion Now Engages African American Community to Participate in Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
Super Bowl Champion Michael Clayton has stepped up to address the topic of diversity in clinical trials generally, and specifically engage […]
