Meridian Clinical Research Opens Family Medicine Site in Portsmouth, VA
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Meridian Clinical Research Acquires Sterling Research Group of Cincinnati, Ohio
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Getting kids to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials: The difficulties explained Share Updated: 12:28 PM CST Jan 13, 2021 Helena Battipaglia Share Updated: 12:28 PM CST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript RARE IN KIDS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ABLE TO BEAT THE VIRUS. MANY PHYSICIANS STILL WANT THEM TO BE PART OF NEW CLINICAL TRIALS. THAT PROCESS GOING LESS SMOOTHLY THAN RESEARCHERS WOULD LIKE. IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE. IT HAS BEEN FOUR WEEKS. WE ONLY RECRUITED ABOUT 800 SUBJECTS IN THE TRIAL. HELENA: THAT COMPARED TO 800 SUBJECTS PER DAY FOR COVID VACCINE TRIALS FOR ADULTS. ACCORDIN TO THE CHIEF SCIENTIST OF OPERATION WARP SPEED. WE CAN’T HAVE THAT INDICATION UNLESS ADOLESCENTS AGED 12 TO 18 DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE AS A VOLUNTARY DECISION. HELENA: A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE WAS RECENTLY IN THE ICU SUFFERING COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID-19. WE HAVE SEEN KIDS GET VERY SICK AND EVEN DIE. THAT IS ON AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY DOES ASIDE W
Should I get the COVID vaccine? New surveys show Black community less willing to receive it Updated: 11:15 PM EST Dec 11, 2020 Share Updated: 11:15 PM EST Dec 11, 2020
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Show Transcript COMMUNITY DOESN’T SEEM TO BE. A NEW SURVEY SHOWING SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE UNSURE THAN OTHERS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE. ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH, WHILE 60% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY LL TAKE IT, UP FROM 51% A FEW MONTHS AGO, ONLY 42% OF BLACK ADULTS SAY THEY WANT TO. HOWEVER, ANOTHER SURVEY BY THE COVID COLLABORATIVE, SHOWS ONLY 14% OF BLACK AMERICANS MOSTLY OR COMPLETELY TRUST A VACCINE. HELENA: CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL? OH NO QUESTION, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL, THE HISTORY TELLS US WHY. HELENA: RENEE MAHAFFEY HARRIS IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CENTER FOR CLOSING THE HEALTH GAP. SHE SAYS FOR DECADES, THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL INEQUITIES PREVENTING THEM FROM HAVING FAIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR HE