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NIH aims to address COVID testing disparities in underserved communities
NIH aims to address COVID testing disparities in underserved communities
Kelsy Ketchum, 360Dx
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Not long after the start of COVID-19 pandemic, communities of color as well as underserved communities, in general, complained about their lack of access to testing.
More than a year later, some diagnostic companies say they are seeing a decline in COVID-19 testing as more tests are being made available. Yet for those in neighborhoods where access to tests were limited, challenges to getting a SARS-CoV-2 test remains.
To try to address this, the U.S. National Institutes of Health s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative has provided funding for projects that aim to implement ways to widen access to testing and fill in healthcare gaps for these communities.
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Steven Wallace helped mentor promising scholars from under-represented groups who pursued careers in research related to aging, immigration and other areas of public health. UCLA Newsroom |
April 9, 2021
Steven Wallace, an internationally renowned scholar on aging in communities of color and immigrant health and health policy, has died. He was 63.
Among his important research and community-based projects with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Wallace developed new approaches to assessing the economic security of older people through the California Elder Economic Security Standard Index, a tool that measures the actual cost of basic necessities for older adults, which was adopted into law in California and was used by the World Health Organization in its 2020 Decade of Healthy Aging report and will be used in California’s master plan on aging. He also led teams that enhanced community organization capacity to advocate for better air quality in their nei
Leading Authority on American Indian and Alaska Native Health Spero Manson Receives 2021 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award
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ATLANTA, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Spero M. Manson, PhD, a leading authority with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native health, today was awarded the 2021 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award. Manson is a distinguished professor and the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus where he directs the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
This year s award was presented virtually to Manson at the annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency, SOPHE held their annual conference virtually. The CDC Foundation with the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation honored Manson for his outstanding contributions to America
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The Acute Effects of Exercise on Breast Cancer Biomarkers (ACE Study) is enrolling women to test the effect of moderate intensity exercise on cancer risk factors such as biomarkers in healthy women. Knowing if exercise significantly alters these biomarkers, could help support guidelines for daily exercise for breast cancer prevention and could indicate that exercise even without weight loss is beneficial.
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