Health Equity

The Striking Racial Divide in How Covid-19 Has Hit Nursing Homes

Abstract: Homes with a significant number of black and Latino residents have been twice as likely to be hit by the coronavirus as those where the population is overwhelmingly white.

Publication: The New York Times

Date Published: May 21, 2020

Author(s): Robert Gebeloff, Danielle Ivory, Matt Richtel, Mitch Smith, Karen Yourish, Scott Dance, Jackie Fortié, Elly Yu and Molly Parker

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