Healthcare Disparities

Hispanic Americans Being Hit Hard By COVID-19

19/07/2020 06:00am | 2665 views

By Amy Norton/HealthDay Reporter

COVID-19 is being diagnosed in Hispanic communities at a disproportionately high rate, a new study of the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area shows.

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The Minority-Majority Shift: Two Decades That Will Change America—For The Health And Wellness Industry, It’s Time For A Check-Up

01/06/2020 06:00am | 2830 views

by Isaac Mizrahi

 

2020 is the year when the majority of all Americans under seventeen years old will be from a minority background, a process that will culminate with a so-called “minority-majority” population by the mid-2040s. These demographic changes will bring about a significant transformation to Corporate America, and during the next few months, I will discuss some of these consequences, in each article targeting one specific area of our business environment.

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Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in California

18/05/2020 06:00am | 3028 views

Black and Latino Californians ages 18 to 64 are dying more frequently of COVID-19 than their white and Asian counterparts relative to their share of the population, a Times analysis of state health department data shows.

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Mental Health

Being Courageous About Your Health Inspires Other Hispanics to do the Same

13/05/2020 06:00am | 10006 views

When it comes to accessing care more than one-fourth of Hispanic adults don’t have a place where they usually go when they’re sick or need advice about their health.

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Finance & Family

Blacks, Hispanics breathe more pollution than they make

07/04/2019 06:00am | 12015 views

African-Americans and Hispanics breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making, a new study said.

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