Health Equity

The U.S. Has A History Of Linking Disease With Race And Ethnicity

Abstract: The coronavirus is all over the headlines these days. Accompanying those headlines? Suspicion and harassment of Asians and Asian Americans.

Publication: NPR

Date Published: March 19, 2021

Author(s): Emily Kwong, Gene Demby and Rebecca Ramirez

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