Articles Tagged With: black
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Cancer Death Rate for Black Americans Declines, Remains Higher Than That of Other Groups
Rapid declines in deaths from lung and stomach cancers parallels rise in mortality from uterine and liver cancers.
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Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities
Historically, minority populations have been victimized in medical research. People of color and ethnic minorities generally are at risk of more serious outcomes if infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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Minority Recruitment for COVID-19 Trials Is Low While Disease Burden Is High
More than 350,000 people said they were interested in volunteering for a COVID-19 vaccine trial in the United States, and only 10% of those who signed up are Black and Hispanic. Actual trial enrollment among two companies with large COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S. includes only one in five volunteers who are Black and Hispanic.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Thrombectomy in the United States
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Black seed (Nigella sativa) for Asthma: Minimal Effects
SYNOPSIS: Black seed, crushed, in capsule form, administered to 76 people with asthma in a single-blind, randomized study, showed some minimal improvements in some, but not all, components of spirometry and one serum cytokine after 12 weeks.