US: Nearly a fifth of enrollees in Pfizer, BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine study are Black or Latino

"Between Latinx and Black or African American populations, we're running at about 19 percent or so," Dr. Bill Gruber, Pfizer's senior vice president of vaccine clinical research and development, told Reuters in an interview. Black and Latino Americans are infected with Covid-19 at more than twice the rate of white Americans, with Native Americans infected at even higher rates, research has shown. The groups are historically underrepresented in clinical trials.



August 23, 2020 at 10:36AM