The "Black Panther" actress is one of many Black public figures who are openly questioning the safety and effectiveness of a COVID-10 vaccine.
The revelation leaves a pin in a conversation around how medical authorities will address distributing the virus to Black communities, disproportionately ravaged by the virus and rightfully cautious due to long-held racist practices in medicine.
One of the vaccines being developed has been shown to be close to 95% effective. But no vaccine will be nearly that effective in reality if people refuse to take it.
"I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second," she wrote in a New York Times op-ed.
It was already pretty established that Black and brown folks were leery of being inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine, but the results of a new survey have resoundingly underscored that truth.
While Blacks make up 13 percent of the population, they account for 21 percent of COVID-19 related deaths. And The COVID Tracking Project reports more than 40,000 Black people have died from the infectious disease. Other disproportionately impacted populations include Latinx, American Indians/Alaska Natives, essential workers (which includes critical retail, trade and transportation employees) and older adults, specifically those over the age of 65.
As Black people disproportionately suffer from Covid-19, there are lingering questions about the distribution process that will determine who gets the coronavirus vaccine first.
The stroke suffered by comedian and actor Sinbad drew attention to Black people's heightened risk of suffering brain attacks.
Trump vowed to make the Republicans the “party of health care" ahead of the 2020 election.
Sen. Kamala Harris won't be traveling for the next few days after a couple of staffers associated with her campaign have tested positive for COVID-19.
NewsOne's The Black Ballot panel discussion returned with a lineup of public health professionals to break down what's at stake when it comes to health care and the upcoming election.
As if the situation surrounding Donald Trump's case of the coronavirus couldn't get any less predictable, it turns out that the president's personal physician graduated from the same medical school as Dr. Umar Johnson.