Health Equity

Black Americans are being hammered by a double pandemic

Abstract: It's too early to know how many Americans with HIV are dying of coronavirus. But the prospect of both incurable diseases racing through black neighborhoods has some black activists and health officials terrified.

Publication: CNN

Date Published: April 13, 2020

Author(s): John Blake

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