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We're building a vaccine corps of medical and nursing students – they could transform how we reach underserved areas

  • Written by Michael F. Collins, Chancellor and Professor of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
imageMedical students' backgrounds often reflect the diversity of local communities, which can allow them more access and trust for vaccination efforts.Bryan Goodchild/UMass Medical School, CC BY-ND

The U.S. faces one of the most consequential public health campaigns in history right now: to vaccinate the population against COVID-19 and, especially, to...

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