
World Birth Defects Day, March 3, 2021
CDC, March 2021
Racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake
LH Nguyen et al, MEDRXIV, February 28, 2021
Non-communicable diseases pandemic and precision medicine: Is Africa ready?
T Chikowore et al, Ebiomedicine, February 2021
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minority groups
MS Razai et al, BMJ, February 26, 2021


CN Johnson-Mann et al, JAMA Surgery, February 2021
Johnson & Johnson vaccine deepens concerns over racial and geographic inequities- Decisions to send it to harder-to-reach communities make practical sense, but could drive perceptions of a two-tiered system.

IS Becker, the Washington Post, March 1, 2021
Predictably unequal: understanding and addressing concerns that algorithmic clinical prediction may increase health disparities.

Paulus Jessica K et al. NPJ digital medicine 2020 Jul 3(1) 99
Evaluating the promise of inclusion of African ancestry populations in genomics.

Bentley Amy R et al. NPJ genomic medicine 2020 Feb 5(1) 5
The Utility of Genetic Risk Score to Improve Performance of FRAX for Fracture Prediction in US Postmenopausal Women.

Xiao Xiangxue et al. Calcified tissue international 2021 Feb
Characteristics and Factors Associated with COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Mortality Across Race and Ethnicity

CL Dai et al, MEDRXIV, February 13, 2021
Explaining ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality: population-based, prospective cohort study

GD Batty et al, MEDRXIV, February 11, 2021
Explaining ethnicity disparities in COVID-19 mortality: population-based, prospective cohort study

GD Batty et al, MEDRXIV, February 8, 2021
Challenges of Genomic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers.

McAlarnen Lindsey et al. The application of clinical genetics 2021 141-9
Polygenic risk scores in the clinic: new perspectives needed on familiar ethical issues.

Lewis Anna C F et al. Genome medicine 2021 Jan 13(1) 14
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