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News Articles: COVID-19 and race

On average, each U.S. nursing home is connected to seven others through shared staff, a study by Yale and UCLA researchers suggests. Rigorous infection control measures can curb the spread of the coronavirus, but many workers say they still don't have sufficient masks and other personal protective equipment.

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They Work In Several Nursing Homes To Eke Out A Living, And That May Spread The Virus

Most nursing homes are connected by shared staff to seven others. Instead of limiting workers to one facility to curb COVID-19 spread, advocates urge better pay and more PPE for nursing home staff.

October 26, 2020
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By:
  • Jackie Fortiér
Volunteer Esmeralda Raymond gets a roll of "I Voted" stickers ready at a polling site in Las Vegas on the first day of in-person early voting on Oct. 17.

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Election 2020: Latinx Women's Vote Could Affect The Outcome

"It's the dehumanizing rhetoric President Trump uses when referring to immigrants" that drove Lourdes Vázquez to become a U.S. citizen and to vote in this election for the first time, she says.

October 25, 2020
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Man walking dog in Hancock County

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Race And COVID-19: Stark Disparities In Rural Georgia

USA Today found that many counties with the highest COVID death rates nationally have a majority of their populations being people of color. In Hancock County, three in four residents are in that demographic.

October 19, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
Southern Pines nursing home resident Shirley Campbell visits with her daughter, Margie Price, and son-in-law, Ken, through a glass door in Warner Robins, Ga., on Friday, June 26, 2020. A state emergency order barring nursing home visits has been extended another month to Aug. 12. With Georgia recording a sharp spike in virus cases, residents and staff alike know another delay is possible.

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Georgia Today: Why 1 in 3 COVID-19 Deaths Is In A Long-Term Care Home

The coronavirus pandemic has been especially deadly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. On Georgia Today, we look at why facilities caring for the elderly have been so vulnerable to the virus, and how the pandemic has laid bare the state’s inadequate oversight.

October 09, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
A woman recovering from fever linked to COVID-19 checks medications in her home in Mineola, N.Y., this spring.

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Nearly Two-Thirds Of U.S. Households Struck By COVID-19 Face Financial Trouble

Plus, of all U.S. homes that include someone with a disability, 63% report serious financial hardship during the pandemic, and 37% have used up all or most of their savings.

September 28, 2020
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  • Blake Farmer

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As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen

With more complete racial data for COVID-19 available, the trends are impossible to ignore: Minorities are getting sick and dying at disproportionate rates. Here's a state-by-state analysis.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Daniel Wood
Two doctors with blue hairnets, blue medical scrubs, and masks stand in front of an orange medical tent surrounded by orange traffic cones.

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As Vulnerable Populations Confront COVID-19 Realities, Doctors Go 'Beyond The Exam Room' To Help

A frontline doctor and advocate for Georgia's immigrant and refugee populations on supporting and encouraging some of the people most vulnerable to COVID-19.

August 27, 2020
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  • Pria Mahadevan and
  • Virginia Prescott
An investigation found that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration made several mistakes the contributed to the disproportionate number pf COVID-19 cases among Black people in the city.

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Investigation Uncovers Missteps In Washington, D.C.'s Coronavirus Response

In the nation's capital, the coronavirus has killed Black residents at 5.9 times the rate of white people — a disparity that's worse than any other big city in America with published demographic data.

July 15, 2020
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By:
  • Christopher Peak

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