A COVID-19 vaccine will only work if trials include Black participants, experts say.
Dr. Larry Graham, a retired pulmonologist, understands the lack of trust but insists that African Americans have to get over it.
Dr. Aletha Maybank said institutions must build relationships with Black communities to gain trust in clinical trials."There is a fear with COVID-19 how intentional the hundreds of trials are about diversity," Maybank said."I'm not clear and would make the assumption that they are not intentional. If so, I haven't heard about it yet.
It also helps that Hodges is Black."They see me and give me a chance to at least share my information with them," she said. Dr. John Maupin, the former president of Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine, said a collection of historically Black colleges and universities that focus on public health is working to form a consortium that will focus on"culturally sensitive care."
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