By Dr. James E.K. Hildreth President/CEO of Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN (Tennesse Tribune) – It is no mystery why Black Americans are leery of the White American medical establishment. We have too often been abused and misused by it to believe that we won’t be again. But I want to reassure you that when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, we do not have to fear. I am speaking to you from inside the corridors of where decisions are being made on behalf of American healthcare. In fact, I currently sit on the FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory…
Author: Dr.James E.K. Hildreth
By Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, Meharry Medical College President A recent Vanderbilt University poll has revealed what those of us who champion health care for Nashville’s most vulnerable citizens have long hoped to hear: a majority of residents surveyed support Metro funding for Nashville General Hospital. This means they support a safety-net facility that will take care of the uninsured and the underserved. This means they support a health care model that is designed to address chronic diseases that disproportionately impact poor and minority communities. And importantly, this means they support using taxpayer dollars to make this all possible. The…
Biomedical research in the United States of America is the envy of the world. Indeed, research conducted in U.S. laboratories has led to treatments and cures for a number of diseases that were once thought to be incurable. Furthermore, technological advances have provided diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions that enable physicians to treat a wide range of conditions that beset the nation’s population. In other words, these discoveries make people healthier. And healthier people are able to work, generate income, spend dollars and contribute as productive citizens in our great country. Over the last two decades a number of discoveries…