University of Iowa seeks participants for COVID-19 vaccine trial
University of Iowa seeks participants for COVID-19 vaccine trial
RHEYA: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS NEEDS 250 PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN UPCOMING COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL. SPECIFICALLY FROM IOWA’S BLACK, HISPANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE SAYS BLACK AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT HARDER BY COVID-19. SO THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE POPULATIONS ARE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED IN VACCINE CLINICAL TRIALS. BLACK AMERICANS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS WHITE AMERICANS TO DIE FROM THE DISEASE, BUT A STUDY FROM THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOUND ONLY HALF OF BLACK AMERICANS SAID THEY
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University of Iowa seeks participants for COVID-19 vaccine trial
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics said Tuesday that it is searching for 250 participants for a COVID-19 vaccine trial.University of Iowa Health Care said it hopes to find participants from the state’s Black, Hispanic and Native American populations.According to University of Iowa Health Care, Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.Black Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to die from COVID-19.The group said it is important to ensure those populations are adequately represented in vaccine clinical trial.A study from the Pew Research Center found that only half of Black Americans said they would get a coronavirus vaccination.
IOWA CITY, Iowa —
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics said Tuesday that it is searching for 250 participants for a COVID-19 vaccine trial.
University of Iowa Health Care said it hopes to find participants from the state’s Black, Hispanic and Native American populations.
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According to University of Iowa Health Care, Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
Black Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to die from COVID-19.
The group said it is important to ensure those populations are adequately represented in vaccine clinical trial.
A study from the Pew Research Center found that only half of Black Americans said they would get a coronavirus vaccination.