How Black and Hispanic Americans view clinical trials
65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.
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65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.
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Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
Majorities of Americans say the federal government, businesses and other actors are doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change.
There’s a 14-point gap between the shares of White and Black adults in the U.S. who say they have a great deal of confidence in scientists.
81% of Black Americans consider the outbreak a major threat to public health and about half see it as a major threat to their personal health.
Black Americans stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their attitudes toward key health care questions associated with the pandemic.
Americans’ expectations for the year ahead include an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19, as well as a vaccine to prevent the disease.
As in 2016, 88% of U.S. adults say its benefits outweigh the risks. And the share who consider its preventive benefits to be “very high” rose by 11 points to 56%.
A strong majority of the American public thinks of science as having a positive effect on society, and most expect continued benefits to accrue from science in the years ahead.
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