To build COVID-19 vaccine trust with Black Mississippians, researchers fight legacy of mistreatment Isabelle Taft, The Sun Herald
Dec. 21 A few days ago, Vanessa Reed got a letter in the mail. A company called ClinicalResearch.com wanted her to know she could get up to $740 and potentially a free COVID-19 vaccine if she signed up for a clinical trial.
Reed, who is Black and Native American, tossed the letter aside. To me it s dangerous, she said of the vaccine. I do believe in vaccinating your children. But I just don t trust any of this. People can tell me it s OK, but their body is not my body.
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Stress related to not achieving one s life goals was linked with a higher risk for rapid kidney function decline in African Americans, researchers reported.
In an observational study that included 2,630 participants from the Jackson Heart Study, those reporting high levels of goal-striving stress (GSS), versus low levels, were 60% more likely to have rapid decline in kidney function (IRR 1.60, 95% CI 1.11-2.14,
P=0.01), after adjusting for other health and demographic factors, said Loretta Cain-Shields, PhD, of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, and colleagues.
Racial and ethnic disparities in kidney disease are a significant public health problem, Cain-Shields and colleagues said, writing in the
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