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How the pandemic's unequal toll on people of color underlines US health inequities – and why solving them is so critical

  • Written by Abubakarr Jalloh, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Hollins University
How the pandemic's unequal toll on people of color underlines US health inequities – and why solving them is so criticalDifferences in the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live and work can lead to health disparities.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in communities of color than in the general population – thrusting the long-standing issue of health disparities in...

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