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- Team highlights Black representation as critical in COVID-19 research, vital to promoting health equity April 20, 2023The RADx-UP consortium gathers each month to hear program updates and presentations about community-engaged research activities across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. This article recaps a recent project presentation by Jalissa Shealey and Heather Bradley. While Black communities experience disproportionate rates of COVID-19 infection, there is sub-optimal Black representation in COVID-19 research, according ...Read more
- Researchers study testing strategies to reach staff and students with disabilities April 20, 2023The RADx-UP consortium gathers each month to hear program updates and presentations about community-engaged research activities across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. This article recaps a recent project presentation by Christina Gurnett, Luke Kalb and Linda Myers. With higher rates of infection and complications, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are among ...Read more
- Collaboration guides COVID-19 testing initiative in St. Louis schools April 11, 2023The RADx-UP consortium gathers each month to hear program updates and presentations about community-engaged research activities across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. This article recaps a recent project presentation by Sydney Reyes and Summer Reyes from Washington University in St. Louis, and Dr. Mike Peoples, the principal at University City ...Read more
- West Virginia researchers reduce barriers to testing, administer more than 150,000 COVID-19 tests April 6, 2023The RADx-UP consortium gathers each month to hear program updates and presentations about community-engaged research activities across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. This article recaps a recent project presentation by Sally Hodder from the West Virginia Practice-Based Research Network. Of the 55 counties in West Virginia, 50 are classified as medically underserved. Medically ...Read more
- RADx-UP se asocia con la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE. UU. y ACON Labs, en nuevos videos ‘Cómo realizar las pruebas,’ enfocadas en el diseño centrado en el ser humano, fomento de la confianza March 29, 2023Read in English En un esfuerzo por promover la confianza y unas instrucciones claras para realizar las pruebas de COVID-19 caseras, RADx-UP se asoció con la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) de EE. UU. y ACON Laboratories para desarrollar y publicar dos videos de demostración de cómo realizar la prueba. Prueba caseras de ...Read more
- RADx-UP partners with FDA, ACON Labs on new ‘How to Test’ videos focused on human-centered design, promoting trust March 28, 2023Leer en español In an effort to better promote trust and clear COVID-19 at-home test instruction, RADx-UP partnered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ACON Laboratories to develop and release how-to test demonstration videos for adults and for pediatric populations. How to Test with a Flow Flex COVID-19 At-Home Test How to Read Results of ...Read more
- COVID-19 testing, risk communication promote in-person learning among Latinx students March 17, 2023Leer en español The RADx-UP consortium gathers each month to hear program updates and presentations about community-engaged research activities across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. This article recaps a recent project presentation by Linda Ko and Jessica Post. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Yakima Valley in Washington faced the highest ...Read more