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On Wednesday, March 3, the University of Minnesota will host top national experts to debate how COVID-19 is changing the rules and conduct for research. This webinar on Conducting Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethics in an Emergency will tackle huge issues, including:
How can research successfully include the Black, Indigenous, and other vulnerable populations who are being hit so hard by the pandemic? What steps will make research genuinely responsive to the needs of those communities?
How can health professionals simultaneously collect data ethically, try to save each patient s life, and allocate scarce medications? Most currently available treatments are not FDA-approved, and instead are available under Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs). Collecting data is essential, but so are saving lives and allocating medications ethically.
Tribal health providers have figured out the key to Covid-19 vaccine success. Here’s their secret
Native people have been disproportionately hit by Covid-19, experiencing higher rates of infection, hospitalization and death than White people in the US. But when it comes to vaccine administration, tribal health providers are often outpacing counties and states.
For the most part, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the US so far has been beset by long lines, glitchy websites and canceled appointments. Meanwhile, many tribal nations and health clinics have moved efficiently through their vaccine allotments and distribution phases with some already offering shots to Native people as young as 16.
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Below is Alston & Bird’s
Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news.
Week in Review Highlight of the Week:
This week, HHS announced new actions to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across the country. Read more about the announcement and other news below.
I. Regulations, Notices & Guidance
On February 18, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a notice entitled,
Guidance Documents Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019; Availability. The FDA is announcing the availability of FDA guidance documents related to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). This notice of availability (NOA) is pursuant to the process that FDA announced, in the Federal Register of March 25, 2020, for making available to the public COVID-19-related guidances. The guidances identified in this noti
Native Americans âleft out in the coldâ under Trump press Biden for action
(Amr Alfiky | The New York Times) Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks to reporters in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 19, 2020 as President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris look on. Haaland is Biden s choice to lead the Interior Department and is the first Native American to be chosen as a cabinet secretary.
By Mark Walker | The New York Times
  | Feb. 19, 2021, 5:01 p.m.
Washington ⢠When President Joe Biden introduced Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico as his pick for interior secretary, making her the first Native American to be selected for a Cabinet position, he acknowledged the countryâs long history of failing the landâs first citizens.