Share on PinterestA new perspective article reveals that racial minorities are underrepresented in COVID-19 clinical trials.Image credit: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images.The viewpoint appears in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).In the United States, Black, Hispanic, and other racial minorities are more likely than whites to contract, be hospitalized, or die with COVID-19. Recent…
JAMA Oncology highlights disparities in race reporting and diversity in clinical trials in the cancer field.Along with their colleagues, Dr. Jonathan Loree, a medical oncologist and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in Canada and Dr. Kanwal Raghav, an associate professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at The University…
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