Health Equity

Inequality ‘baked into’ virus testing access as cases surge

Abstract: As numbers of infections cases climb in the United States and the country faces what health experts say will be a dark winter due to the uncontrolled spread of the virus, the demand for testing becomes greater.

Publication: Associated Press

Date Published: November 22, 2020

Author(s): Christine Fernando and Carolyn Thompson

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