University Taking Aim at Racial Disparities in COVID Vaccine Trials

April 9, 2021

(Medscape) – Although recent months have seen the arrival of several promising vaccines to combat COVID-19, many researchers have been concerned about the shortage of Black and Latino volunteers in their pivotal trials. Minority groups have long been underrepresented in clinical research. The pandemic’s inequitable fallout has heightened the need for more inclusive COVID-19 trials. By one estimate, Black Americans are three times more likely to become infected with SARS-Cov-2 and twice as likely to die from it compared to their White counterparts.