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- REGISTER NOW: 2023 RADx-UP Scientific Meeting March 15, 2023Read more
- Engaging Black/African American Working Group contributes new resources to RADx-UP Resource Library March 7, 2023At their recent “Resource Potluck,” the Engaging Black/African Americans Working Group identified several resources to be added to the RADx-UP.org Resource Library. This RADx-UP working group highlights the efforts, best practices, and lessons learned by group members working to support preventive care among predominantly Black populations in the context of COVID-19. These resources include organizations, materials, and ...Read more
- NIH highlights COVID-19 testing as vital to keeping children in school February 24, 2023The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently highlighted testing as a vital tool to keep children in school during the COVID-19 pandemic. A news article cited Duke University research on a strategy called “test-to-stay.” The strategy allows exposed students to attend school after testing negative on a series of COVID-19 rapid tests. The research, led by investigators ...Read more
- RADx-UP project spotlights essential workers too often overlooked in health care February 21, 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 Shawna Hudson, Diane Hill, Emily Barrett, and Manuel Costañeda. . In 2020, New Jersey was among the states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, ...Read more
- Nursing home night staff face lower rates of COVID-19 testing, vaccination than day-shift workers February 16, 2023A Brown University study has revealed that day-shift nursing home staff had higher COVID-19 testing and vaccination rates than night-shift staff. The study was published in this month’s issue of Health Affairs. Using data from a multistate sample of 294 nursing homes from April 2020 to March 2021, Brown University researchers analyzed a wide variety of ...Read more
- NIH leaders highlight RADx-UP community work in Science Magazine February 9, 2023More than three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, many are reflecting on the collaboration and investments made to advance research relevant to the unprecedented events. Former National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins, former chief medical advisor to the president Anthony Fauci and other NIH ...Read more
- Testing mHealth feasibility and impact for Nebraska’s migrant population February 7, 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 Russell McCulloh, Gisela Marfileno and Fernando Sanchez of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. For many people in Nebraska, ...Read more
