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50 years ago, Nixon gave the U.S. a ‘Christmas present,’ launching the war on cancer
In the first half of the 20th century, cancer was misunderstood, if not an outright source of shame
Lack of diversity in clinical trials has hurt patients of color. A new program aims to change that
According to the most recent Food and Drug Administration data on clinical trial participation, close to 80% of people taking part in the United States are white.
As COVID-19 vaccine trials move at warp speed, recruiting Black volunteers takes time
For most of the current coronavirus vaccine trials, recruitment mainly takes place online — which often results in mostly white people enrolling.
Scientists explore why some people are able to live with an infection unscathed
One of the reasons Covid-19 has spread so swiftly around the globe is that for the first days after infection, people feel healthy.
Allegheny Health Network designs cube to capture coronavirus aerosols
‘Fast-tracking’ a coronavirus vaccine sounds great. It’s not that simple.
Among the many ways to shorten the vaccine development timeline, approving a treatment based on antibody data — without completing a phase 3 trial — could be contentious. This is why.
Nothing like SARS: Researchers warn the coronavirus will not fade away anytime soon
Dreams of a large, immune population are a long way off.
By NPR 