A cancer patient in Louisville, Kentucky, receives a dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
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For Eva Schrezenmeier, a nephrologist at Charité University Hospital in Berlin, the news was sobering: Among 40 patients with transplanted kidneys at her hospital who d been vaccinated against COVID-19, only one was churning out the antibodies that would likely protect him from the disease. Because transplant patients take powerful drugs to suppress the immune system so it doesn t attack a donated organ, her team expected diminished responses to a vaccine. But Schrezenmeier, who posted a preprint describing her study last week, hadn t anticipated just how badly the vaccine might falter in her patients.
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Lag B’omer is the date of my father’s, Gustav Schonfeld’s, yahrzeit. It is now a decade since he has passed and since I have felt his warm embrace or heard his voice. I have missed him so often these last 10 years! There are so many times that I wanted to share various simchas (happy occasions), seek his advice or discuss books or current events.
NIH to invest $29 million to address COVID-19 disparities
To bolster research to help communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health is funding $29 million in additional grants for the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. This funding was supported by the American Rescue Plan. The awards will provide $15 million to 11 teams already conducting research and outreach to help strengthen COVID-19 vaccine confidence and access, as well as testing and treatment, in communities of color. An additional $14 million will fund 10 new research teams to extend the reach of COVID-19 community-engaged research and outreach.
“The goal of this effort is to foster community-engagement research in communities which have been hit hardest by the pandemic,” said Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). “The alliance is designed to meet people where they are with the help of trusted m
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The president of Champlain College announced his resignation from his position less than a year into his tenure.
As of May 31, Dr. Benjamin Ola Akande will step down from his position at the Burlington institution. Akande assumed his role as president on July 1, 2020.
Prior to his position at Champlain College, Akande held an administrative role at Washington University in St. Louis.
Akande will return to St. Louis assuming a leadership role at one of the nation s largest investment banking and financial services firms, according to a news release from Champlain College.
“This past year has been unprecedented for all of us as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I take great pride in our collective accomplishments during a year of unimaginable adversity,” Akande said in the news release.
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