Searching for Data on Black Patients and Long Covid

Hey, it’s Jeff Green in Detroit, dropping in for a visit from the Equality Team. On this Juneteenth, when the US celebrates Black history and freedom, I want to talk about an interesting Moderna pilot study that is focusing on people under-served by the medical community. But first ...

I was intrigued when I was offered a chance to chat with Bishoy Rizkalla, Moderna’s vice president of long Covid. This was partly due to his unusual title, but also because two of my family members have a history with chronic illnesses that are considered very similar to long Covid. If long Covid gets more attention, maybe people with less common, but similar, autoimmune-type illnesses will benefit.