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Historical racial & ethnic health inequities account for disproportionate COVID-19 impact – EurekAlert
A new Viewpoint piece published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the ways in which COVID-19 disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged communities of color in the United States, and how baseline inequalities in our hea…

IMAGE: Health care disparities in historically disadvantaged communities like the Navajo Nation are worsened by the pandemic.
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Sept. 22, 2020– A new Viewpoint piece published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the ways in which COVID-19 disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged communities of color in the United States, and how baseline inequalities in our health system are amplified by the pandemic. The authors also discuss pote…