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COVID proves clinical trials must proactively recruit people of color Jo Wiederhorn, opinion contributor © Getty Images COVID proves clinical trials must proactively recruit people of color
In the year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent death of more than 500,000 Americans, researchers around the world have raced to develop vaccines at an unprecedented pace. But the quest to stop the pandemic in its tracks has collided with a long-standing problem: the lack of diversity in clinical trials. This issue must be addressed and the new federal administration can help.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that Black Americans are 1.1 times as likely as white Americans to contract COVID-19, 2.9 times as likely to end up in the hospital and nearly twice as likely to die from it. Yet the communities hardest hit by illnesses like COVID-19 are also those grossly underrepresented in clinical trials for cures and therapeutics.
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