Health Equity

Why people with diabetes are being hit so hard by Covid-19

Abstract: For people with diabetes, a thicket of biological and socioeconomic factors make them more likely to suffer severe illness and die of Covid-19.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: October 1, 2020

Author(s): Elizabeth Cooney

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.