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January 18, 2021 / Last updated : January 18, 2021 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

University of Wisconsin-Madison: UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines

University of Wisconsin-Madison: UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines. “The demand for COVID-19 vaccines continues to outpace supply, forcing public health officials to decide who should be first in line for a shot, even among those in the same pool of eligible vaccine recipients. To assist these efforts, researchers at the University […]

December 19, 2020 / Last updated : December 19, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Los Angeles Times: They know the sick. On Navajo Nation, contact tracers work to control coronavirus on vast lands

Los Angeles Times: They know the sick. On Navajo Nation, contact tracers work to control coronavirus on vast lands. “More than a third of COVID-19 deaths in New Mexico are among Native Americans, who make up 11% of the state’s population. To date, 17,700 Navajo, out of nearly 175,000 who live on the reservation, have […]

December 16, 2020 / Last updated : December 16, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

‘There absolutely will be a black market’: How the rich and privileged can skip the line for Covid-19 vaccines (STAT News)

STAT News: ‘There absolutely will be a black market’: How the rich and privileged can skip the line for Covid-19 vaccines. “Athletes, politicians, and other wealthy or well-connected people have managed to get special treatment throughout the pandemic, including preferential access to testing and unapproved therapies. Early access to coronavirus vaccines is likely to be […]

December 11, 2020 / Last updated : December 11, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Mother Jones: Indian Country Has Entered a Devastating New Phase of the Pandemic

Mother Jones: Indian Country Has Entered a Devastating New Phase of the Pandemic. “The Mississippi Choctaw, the Navajo and other southwestern tribes struggled early on, but most of rural Indian Country was largely unscathed until the pandemic’s most recent surge. Now, cases have spiked for the Blackfeet and Crow tribes in Montana, where overworked tribal […]

November 17, 2020 / Last updated : November 17, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

A missing ingredient in COVID oversight: Equity (Brookings)

Brookings: A missing ingredient in COVID oversight: Equity. “The health and economic crises – and in some cases, the government response to them – have not only been felt more acutely in particular businesses and industries. They have also disproportionately hurt black- and minority-owned businesses and the communities they serve. As experts at watchdog organizations […]

November 5, 2020 / Last updated : November 5, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

WBUR: COVID-19 Hit Mass. Nursing Homes Hard — Especially Those Serving People Of Color

WBUR: COVID-19 Hit Mass. Nursing Homes Hard — Especially Those Serving People Of Color . “In Massachusetts, nursing homes were hit hard and early by the coronavirus. Thousands of residents in these facilities have died from COVID-19, and the death rate from the virus in nursing homes is 90 times that of the statewide death […]

October 15, 2020 / Last updated : October 15, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: How Much Would Trump’s Coronavirus Treatment Cost Most Americans?

New York Times: How Much Would Trump’s Coronavirus Treatment Cost Most Americans?. “President Trump spent three days in the hospital. He arrived and left by helicopter. And he received multiple coronavirus tests, oxygen, steroids and an experimental antibody treatment. For someone who isn’t president, that would cost more than $100,000 in the American health system. […]

October 12, 2020 / Last updated : October 12, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: Pandemic Highlights Deep-Rooted Problems in Indian Health Service

New York Times: Pandemic Highlights Deep-Rooted Problems in Indian Health Service. “Few hospital beds, lack of equipment, a shipment of body bags in response to a request for coronavirus tests: The agency providing health care to tribal communities struggled to meet the challenge.”

September 29, 2020 / Last updated : September 29, 2020 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

NPR: Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A ‘Get Well Soon!’ Card For A Sick System

Sometimes you read an article that just punches you in the pit of your stomach. NPR: Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A ‘Get Well Soon!’ Card For A Sick System. “The popular crowdsourcing site GoFundMe is a go-to place to appeal for help with rent, medicine, child care and favorite causes. Along with donations, supporters […]

August 29, 2020 / Last updated : August 29, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Donald Warne: We Need More Indigenous Doctors, Stat. Here’s How to Do It. (Mother Jones)

Mother Jones: Donald Warne: We Need More Indigenous Doctors, Stat. Here’s How to Do It.. “A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Dr. Donald Warne had an early interest in medical work—he comes from a long line of traditional healers. Today, Warne oversees the Master of Public […]

August 29, 2020 / Last updated : August 29, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: Rapid Testing Is the New Velvet Rope

New York Times: Rapid Testing Is the New Velvet Rope. “Determined to proceed with parties and events this summer, hosts are adding screenings at the door. But such measures are hardly a guarantee of safety, medical experts warn.”

August 22, 2020 / Last updated : August 22, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Johns Hopkins: Johns Hopkins JustUs Dialogues will spotlight critical health and justice disparities

Johns Hopkins: Johns Hopkins JustUs Dialogues will spotlight critical health and justice disparities. “Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine will host a new online discussion series featuring many of the nation’s most important voices on topics relating to racial justice. The free JustUs Dialogues will kick off Thursday, Aug. 20, with a discussion on […]

August 6, 2020 / Last updated : August 6, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

University of Texas at San Antonio: UTSA experts find bias in disease-tracking algorithms that analyze social media

University of Texas at San Antonio: UTSA experts find bias in disease-tracking algorithms that analyze social media. “Social media has become the latest method to monitor the spread of diseases such as influenza or coronavirus. However, machine learning algorithms used to train and classify tweets have an inherent bias because they do not account for […]

July 21, 2020 / Last updated : July 21, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: Vulnerable Border Community Battles Virus on ‘A Straight Up Trajectory’

New York Times: Vulnerable Border Community Battles Virus on ‘A Straight Up Trajectory’. “As the coronavirus expands its destructive path across the United States, it is bearing down on some of the places most vulnerable to its devastation — places like the southernmost wedge of Texas, on the border with Mexico, which has seen a […]

July 19, 2020 / Last updated : July 19, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Poynter: The tracking of disparity: Here are 5 places to find accurate data on COVID-19’s toll on people of color and the poor

Poynter: The tracking of disparity: Here are 5 places to find accurate data on COVID-19’s toll on people of color and the poor. “The most compelling stories about the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on minorities and the poor combine local voices with hard data that confirms a broader reality. One without the other too […]

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