Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Takes Aim at Racial Gaps in Health Care
Appointed head of the incoming administration’s task force on health equity, the Yale University scientist “is not sitting in her ivory tower.”
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith will run the Biden administration’s task force on health equity. “The Biden-Harris team has been really clear on saying that our response and recovery needs to be equitable,” she said.Credit.Yale University
Jan. 8, 2021
Growing up in the United States Virgin Islands, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith saw firsthand what can happen in a community with limited access to health care. Her father, Moleto “Bishop” Smith Sr., was only in his 40s when he suffered a debilitating stroke that left him partly paralyzed and with slurred speech.
Will vaccines stop the new coronavirus strains? Here s what scientists say.
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Even as scientists around the world are closely monitoring the spread of a new, more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus, they have spotted a brand-new, potentially more worrisome mutation one that could have a far greater impact on the abilities of vaccines to protect people from infection.
About the mutations
In December 2020, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and England s CMO Chris Whitty said scientists identified a new strain of the new coronavirus labeled B 1.1.7, which contains multiple mutations from SARS-CoV-2 through
Public Health England s genomic surveillance.
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CHICAGO â Public health officials have been debating whether it may be more effective to get more people their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and delaying the second round of shots that are needed for the highest immunity.
Last month, social media was flooded with images of frontline health care workers proudly rolling up their sleeves to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
But a slow rollout, a surge in cases, and the emergence a of a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus have increased the urgency of the vaccination campaign.