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Historical mistreatment of African Americans at the root of vaccine hesitancy

  • February 22, 2021
American medicine has a history of failing African Americans, notably the Tuskegee experiment and case of Henrietta Lacks; physicians must understand black mistrust to help turn COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy into vaccine confidence.
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From plague to COVID: Pandemics drive health care transformation

  • December 30, 2020
Paul Minardi, MD, president and executive medical director of Washington Permanente Medical Group, surveys the history of pandemics and finds that infectious disease outbreaks have driven transformation and innovation in public health.
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