g6pd Deficiency Foundation

Join us for our Live Virtual Event April 8th 2021. We will be discussing Covid-19 Vaccinations and g6pd deficiency. To sign up click on the link: https://tinyurl.com/kzwbsbnh

An exciting webinar scheduled for 4/8/2021 8PM EST Sponsored by g6pd Deficiency Foundation with Key speaker; Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, Chief of Infectious Dise...ases /ProHeath Care ,Clinical Instructor of Medicine /Columbia University President /Parasites Without Borders and Guest speaker; Dan J Vick, MD, DHA, MBA, CPE, Graduate Teaching Faculty|Accreditation and Capstone Coordinator for The Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions Central Michigan University Master of Health Administration Program. Q/A forum will take place near end of webinar. In case you miss the live event, all registrants will receive a link to the recording afterwards.

Worried about COVID-19? Participate in an online survey to help researchers from the National Institutes of Health learn about the health impacts of coronavirus on people in underserved and rare disease communities. The survey will take approximately 30 minutes. Its time for the G6PD Deficient population to step up to the plate and take this survey. You can help answer concerning questions of G6PD Deficiency and Severe Covid-19 outcomes.For more information email [email protected]. https://redcap.link/covid_in_communities

NIH/NHLBI COVID SURVEY Information We are providing you this survey participation information by the request from NIH but the g6pd Deficiency Foundation is not affiliated with the National Institute of Health. We took an active role with reviewing the survey questions pertaining to G6PD Deficiency in hopes to receive a better understanding of COVID & G6PD Deficiency.

COVID-19 & G6PD Deficiency information can be found on our website g6pdDF.org. Clinical Trial Research discussions and a medical review for Health care providers. Future posts will inform you as the information is updated. Stay Healthy!

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We have been talking with genetic report company 23and Me about the importance of g6pd Deficiency testing, making more people aware of it's prevalence, and different genetic variants. and....... 23and Me HAS UPDATED ITS g6pd DEFICIENCY GENETIC HEALTH RISK REPORT!!!! This means that instead of only testing for the V68M variant, they will now be testing both V68M and S188F variants! These are the TWO MOST COMMON VARIANTS, representing people of African, Hispanic, Latino, South...ern European, Kurdish Jewish, Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and South Asian descent. Please visit the link below to view 23and Me company websites official statement about the addition, and a quote from our Foundation President Keely Harris. We are so excited about this, spread the word :) https://blog.23andme.com/health-traits/g6pd-report-update/