Coronavirus Vaccine / Tulane University - LARVOL DELTA

Public trust is earned: Historical discrimination, carceral violence, and the COVID-19 pandemic. (PubMed, Health Serv Res) - "Among Black respondents, lower satisfaction with the George Floyd death investigation was associated with lowered levels of trust in pharmaceutical companies, some government officials, and administrators; it was not associated with the erosion of trust in direct sources of health care delivery, information, or regulation. Among Hispanic respondents, greater knowledge of the ICE detainments was associated with lower trustworthiness ratings of elected state officials. Paradoxically, higher knowledge of the Study of Syphilis in Tuskegee was associated with higher trustworthiness ratings in usual sources of care."

Journal • Developmental Disorders • Infectious Disease • Novel Coronavirus Disease

Combatting a "Twin-demic": A quantitative assessment of COVID-19 and influenza vaccine hesitancy in primary care patients. (PubMed, Health Promot Perspect) - "Patients who intended on getting the COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to be African American. Given the degree of hesitancy against COVID-19 vaccination, a multifaceted approach to facilitate vaccine uptake that includes vaccine education, behavioral change strategies, and health promotion, is paramount."

Clinical • Journal • Infectious Disease • Novel Coronavirus Disease • Respiratory Diseases

STOP-COVID: Study of the Treatment and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 (clinicaltrials.gov) - P=N/A; N=4000; Recruiting; Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital; N=2000 ➔ 4000

Clinical • Enrollment change

Coronavirus treatment: Vaccines/drugs in the pipeline for Covid-19 (Clinical Trials Arena) - "Tulane University has launched a research programme to identify a potential medicine for coronavirus in the form of a vaccine. The university will utilise a grant from the Brown Foundation to carry out the research activities."

Clinical • Grant

LSU vet school, Tulane to work on coronavirus vaccine (WWL Radio) - "The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and Tulane University are now involved in the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus....The Tulane National Primate Research Center has been cleared by the CDC for coronavirus testing."

Clinical • Regulatory