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How a new way of parsing COVID-19 data began to show the breadth of health gaps between Blacks and whites

  • Written by David R. Buys, State Health Specialist and Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
How a new way of parsing COVID-19 data began to show the breadth of health gaps between Blacks and whitesBreaking down COVID-19 data into demographic groups helps scientists learn more about the virus.izusek via Getty Images

Physicians and public health experts know that older adults are more susceptible to the flu than those in other age groups. We also know the health of Black Americans is worse than that of almost all other groups for not only flu,...

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