A Trump-touted covid therapy awaits proof to back up his boasts
Anna Edney, Bloomberg
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Stephen Hahn, commissioner of food and drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), center, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Aug. 23, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds.
One day before the Republican National Convention kicked off, President Donald Donald Trump and top drug regulator Stephen Hahn held a White House press conference to tout emergency authorization of a promising covid-19 treatment.
Convalescent plasma, a soup of immune factors derived from the blood of recovered covid-19 patients, had shown an incredible rate of success and would save countless lives, Trump said Aug 23. Yet more than four months later and with more than 330,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths reported since the pandemic began, the jury is still out how much the treatment benefits patients, if at all.
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How Black Doctors Are Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Worries
Many Black people simply don t trust the COVID-19 vaccine. Our columnist talks to an immunologist about how to change that.
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After months of fast-tracked development, the COVID-19 vaccines are finally available for those who qualify (the rollout process varies by state). But the racism embedded in the United States’ medical system has many Black people hesitant to be inoculated. That leaves doctors worried that the communities hit hardest by the coronavirus and the chronic health conditions it leaves in its wake will not be immunized.
That concern pushed the National Medical Association (NMA), the nation’s largest organization for Black doctors, to create a COVID-19 vaccine task force to provide an additional layer of vetting for the federal government’s review of the vaccines. The hope is to make the process more transparent and help Black people feel comfortable getting vaccinate
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Stand by Me recounts the tale of 12-year-old Gordie Lachance and the journey he and three friends embark on to find the dead body of a missing boy. For all of its youthful tomfoolery, the film was based on a Stephen King novella,
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