Health Equity

‘We’re angry and we’re hurting.’ Why communities of color suffer more from COVID-19

Abstract: In U.S. cases of COVID-19 where race was identified, nearly 30 percent of patients were black -- even though African Americans make up only about 13 percent of the general population.

Publication: PBS

Date Published: May 12, 2020

Author(s): Yamiche Alcindor

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