News Releases - 2020

Here you will find press releases, media advisories, and media notes produced by NIMHD, as well as NIH. These offer a glance into the research, medical advances, and activities that define NIMHD.

NIH to assess and expand COVID-19 testing for underserved communities

September 30, 2020 — The RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program will support projects designed to rapidly implement testing strategies focused on populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

NIH funds community engagement research efforts in areas hardest hit by COVID-19

September 16, 2020 — COVID-19 awareness and education research will focus on African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians—populations accounting for over half of reported U.S. cases. The NIH-wide effort, led by NIMHD and NHLBI, will promote and facilitate their inclusion and participation in vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials.

Less than a quarter of at-risk adolescent boys ever get tested for HIV

February 11, 2020 — Less than one in four adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM) ever get tested for HIV, research funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, has reported.