Dear RADx-UP partners,

Over the past few months, the RADx-UP Testing Core and communications team partnered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ACON Laboratories to develop and release "How to Test for COVID-19" demonstration videos. The idea stemmed from the Understanding Social Determinants of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Working Group.

The team worked with several consultants to strike a balance between casual and serious, conversational and formal language to set the right tone in both English and Spanish. The result of their efforts are four videos, two in each language, that can be adapted and shared to promote understanding and trust of at-home COVID-19 testing.

Read more about the effort of the Working Group, and find links to the videos below. Thank you to all who were involved in the development process.

Final funding cycle of C2G is open

Registration is open for the RADx-UP Scientific Meeting

The 2023 RADx-UP Scientific Meeting is approaching — the meeting will take place virtually on May 3 from 1 to 5 p.m. ET. Please register for the meeting to receive Zoom details. Registration and attendance at the meeting are open to all members of the RADx-UP consortium, community partners, and the public.

Register for the Scientific Meeting and view the agenda.

Watch: Partnering for Impact overview

Watch this Partnering for Impact overview video to learn more about the initiative, how to access data, and how P4I can serve your project and community.

Please be sure to attend the next Project-wide Meeting “Concept Creation Forum” on April 20. Collaboration is key to ensuring RADx-UP data and learnings have the greatest impact. Learn about current analysis proposals and their writing teams at the Partnering for Impact homepage. Also submit your own concept idea on the page.

Your help needed: Study Design Survey for cross-consortium analyses

Combining data from disparate study designs requires detailed information about sampling frames and target populations to evaluate and reduce the potential for biases in analyses. So, the CDCC is currently collecting two types of aim-related data: the Project Structure Metadata and a Study Design Survey via REDCap, which will be available beginning April 10. The first provides information on the CDE data structure by aim, while the survey focuses on study designs, settings, and methodologies. The EITs and statisticians will help address any questions related to the survey during your next monthly calls. We appreciate your continued contributions in support of this initiative.

New ‘How to Test’ videos focus on human-centered design and promoting trust

To promote trust and clear COVID-19 at-home test instruction, RADx-UP partnered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and ACON Laboratories to develop and release two how-to test demonstration videos. Read the story in English.



• COVID-19 Antigen Home Test: How to Take the Test
• COVID-19 Antigen Home Test: How to Read Your Results

Nuevos videos ‘Cómo realizar las pruebas’ se enfocan en el diseño centrado en el ser humano y el fomento de la confianza

Este es un esfuerzo por promover confianza e instrucciones claras para realizar las pruebas de COVID-19 caseras, RADx-UP se asoció con la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) de EE. UU. y ACON Laboratories para desarrollar y publicar dos videos de demostración de cómo realizar la prueba. Leer en español.

• Prueba casera de antígeno COVID-19: Cómo realizar la prueba
• Prueba casera de antígeno COVID-19: Cómo leer sus resultados

Engaging Black/African Americans Working Group presentation recording: Monthly Community Health & Resource Fair in San Diego, CA

Suzanne Afflalo organized a health fair that brings organizations together to serve the Southeastern San Diego community. This free, monthly “Community Health and Resource Fair” has been providing health screenings, mammograms, COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 vaccinations, sports physicals, fresh produce and food distribution and additional resources to hundreds of people each month for the past 6 years. Afflalo discussed the Community Health and Resource Fair at the February Engaging Black/African Americans Working Group presentation. Watch the presentation recording, and learn more about the fair from the graphic below.

April is National Minority Health Month

In the month of April, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health observes National Minority Health Month. The theme of 2023 is Better Health Through Better Understanding. Visit the National Minority Health Month webpage to learn more about the theme and find educational and social media resources to promote the month and understanding of minority health.

The Highrise Collection lets you see early 20th century American skyscrapers from a birds-eye view

This cool, interactive website contains drone images of American high rises built in the early 20th century. These images let visitors view the unique details of these buildings not seen from street level. Accompanying each high rise is a short description of how it came to be, the major people involved, and what it meant to the city where it was built. This project is ongoing and will include photos of high rises from 200 cities across the country. View the 95 high rises already featured on the site.