The National Institute of Health is investing 29 million dollars into research to help communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
The funding for the research comes from the American rescue plan.
The goal -- to strengthen vaccine confidence and access in communities of color.
The NIH says it wants to reach out to communities that have been hardest hit by the pandemic -- and to work with people like family doctors and pastors... People who are trusted -- to help address health disparities.
