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Officials say it's 'time to play catch-up' on race gap as vaccine access widens
Disparities in COVID-19 vaccination have persisted in Minnesota, but equity advocates [like JP Leider, PhD] hope a recent expansion in eligibility will steer more doses to minority members who have suffered higher rates of severe illness…
Study to examine the effect of police violence on the birth outcomes for Black infants
Black women in the U.S. are twice as likely to experience a preterm birth, a low birth weight infant, or the death of a child before age one compared to white women. Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH begins a study to investigate the connection…
‘Making history’: Duluth’s college students aid COVID-19 vaccinations
St. Louis County Public Health has 35 public health nurses, 65 volunteers and a rotation of students from four schools vaccinating at its four clinics. Tim Stratton, PhD, RPh, FAPhA comments on Duluth’s pharmacy, nursing and medical…
Vaccine 'passports' stir debate in Minnesota
"As vaccination against COVID-19 ramps up across the U.S., interest is growing in establishing technology to quickly verify a person's immunization status. Clinical Ethicist Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, comments on the ethical…
New system connects patients with COVID-19 outpatient treatments
JP Leider, PhD led the development of a system designed to quickly and fairly connect patients and providers with facilities offering monoclonal antibodies and other treatments. Monoclonal antibodies are a powerful, promising treatment for…
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Weeks after it was scrubbed from the Journal of the American Medical Association’s website, a disastrous podcast — whose host, a white editor and physician, questioned whether racism even exists in medicine — is surfacing complaints that…
Racism is making us sick. How can equity in medicine help us heal? A community conversation with Sahan Journal
The George Floyd killing caused deep trauma for many people of color in Minnesota. In a panel discussion, two doctors and a medical researcher who works under Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, talk about how racism affects their patients’ health—…
Coronavirus vaccine passports beg the question: Who should know whether you’ve gotten the shot?
Who should know whether you’ve been vaccinated? The question has garnered more attention over the past few weeks as more and more Americans become eligible to get the vaccine. Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C comments on contributing to the…
Antibody therapy promoted amid Minnesota COVID-19 spike, 2,553 new infections
State health officials are promoting an underutilized outpatient therapy amid rising pandemic activity in Minnesota, which has reported 6,864 deaths from COVID-19 and 524,203 infections with the coronavirus that causes the respiratory…
COVID-19 Media Briefing April 1st, 2021
This Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 Media Briefing covers a global and national update on COVID-19, new long-term care guidance, vaccination for children, an update on variants, and monoclonal antibodies. Center for Bioethics'…