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COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people of color, but those same communities have historically been harmed by medical testing.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert said infections are happening at a higher rate among those minority populations, in part because of occupations and living conditions that lend themselves to more person-to-person contact.

Amid chaos, Fauci talks vaccines with Houston-area church FacebookTwitterEmail 1of29 Dr. Timothy W. Sloan, Senior Pastor of The Luke Church, interviews infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) about the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Humble.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of29 Dr. Timothy W. Sloan, Senior Pastor of The Luke Church, interviews infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dise...

Overcoming vaccine skepticism in shadow of Tuskegee Experiment a tall task in Michigan’s Black communities Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 Demali Beard, a registered nurse, is given the COVID-19 vaccine by syringe, administered by Leslie Rush, department manager at 10-West at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com Facebook Share Detroit’s white mayor recently acknowledged the federal government has tricked Black Americans before. He then propped up the left sleeve of his yellow shirt and was pricked...

The most effective way to attain herd immunity is to capitalize on herd mentality.