July 14, 2020
Health disparities leave Native Americans more vulnerable to COVID-19
Native Americans are among the groups at higher risk for contracting COVID-19 who have also seen higher rates of hospitalization nationwide....
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July 13, 2020
Dane County Board recognizes racism as a public health crisis
Dane County officially declared racism to be a public health crisis acknowledging that racism threatens long-term individual and population health and is a cause of persistent racial discrimination in housing, education, employment and criminal justice....
July 10, 2020
Online COVID-19 testing registration tool helps decrease wait times at Alliant
State health officials are looking to cut down long wait times in drive-thru community COVID-19 testing sites with the implementation of a new online registration tool. ...
July 10, 2020
Maryland’s Prince George’s County is among nation’s wealthiest Black communities, but it leads state in coronavirus cases
Dr. Stephen B. Thomas and his team at the University of Maryland's Center for Health Equity are in the midst of a real-time case study asking a disconcerting question: Why has affluent Prince George’s been hit harder by the coronavirus than any other place in Maryland?...