Health Equity

CDC: Blacks, Hispanics dying of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates

Abstract: Black and Hispanic Americans were disproportionately more likely to die of COVID-19 during the spring and summer months, a new indicator that the coronavirus’s toll is falling most heavily on underserved and minority communities.

Publication: The Hill

Date Published: October 16, 2020

Author(s): Reid Wilson

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