Health Equity

Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers More Than Others

Abstract: Covid patients who did not speak English well were 35% more likely to die, data from one Boston hospital shows.

Publication: NPR/Kaiser Health News

Date Published: April 27, 2021

Author(s): Martha Bebinger

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