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NIH Launches New COVID-19 Site
 NIH’s new website on COVID-19 research contains the latest on testing, treatment, vaccines, and COVID-19 funding opportunities. Read about NIH’s strategic response to COVID-19, ongoing research initiatives, and the latest research highlights.
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Making It Plain: What Black America Needs to Know About COVID-19 and Vaccines
Tune in for a Facebook Live event with BlackDoctor.org on Thursday, January 7, at 7 p.m. ET to hear from some of the nation’s leading experts and organizations, including Anthony Fauci, M.D., and Kizzmekia Corbett, Ph.D., of NIH.
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‘Trusted Messengers, Trusted Messages’: How To Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy
As the first COVID-19 vaccines begin to be rolled out across the U.S., community leaders in diverse groups are already working hard to dispel misinformation and reach skeptics with truth. CEAL looks to support these efforts in communities disproportionately affected by the virus, hiring “messengers who live, work, and worship in the same communities” says Eliseo Pérez-Stable, M.D., director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). Read the full story on NPR.
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In Case You Missed It
Explore some of the latest events promoting community engagement, inclusion in research, and the COVID-19 vaccine. Upcoming and past events, including town halls and panel discussions, can also be found on our Events Page.
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December 18, 2020 | Watch the Video
The Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a webinar featuring researchers and policymakers discussing vaccine confidence, hesitancy, and messaging best practices. The National Academies also touched on their Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus, now available online.
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine, is one of the featured panelists in the “Building Vaccine Confidence to Advance Equity” discussion. She discussed some of the Georgia CEAL efforts as well as her NIH CoVPN (COVID-19 Prevention Trials Network) work. Hear her remarks starting at the 2:51:49 mark. View the webinar and explore the presentation slides here.
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December 18, 2020 | Watch the Video
In this panel discussion presented by the Florida CEAL group and CaRE2 Health Equity Center, experts discuss COVID-19, vaccines, public health injustice, and more.
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December 16, 2020 | Watch the Video
In this episode of the NAACP’s “UNMASKED: COVID Vaccines” series, congressional leaders, guest speakers, and health experts join Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, to discuss the latest research on slowing the spread, vaccine availability, and distribution.
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