Importance of Minorities in Vaccine Trials
Importance of Minorities in Vaccine Trials
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Us tonight -- i'm najahe sherman.
Dan shaffer has the night off.
Over the course of this pandemic -- we've reported that people who are african- american have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus.
The most recent data from the state health department shows 38-point- four percent of all deaths are from the black community.
That is slightly down from the 39-point-six percent a month ago.
Plus -- african-americans aren't participating in vaccine clinical trials as much as researchers would like.
Waay 31's will robinson-smith joins us liive outside of hudson alpha.
He learned how state and local groups are working to help address these issues.