The state’s life expectancy was lower in 2024 than in 2019, according to an analysis, but primarily as a result of causes of ...

Obesity was significantly more prevalent in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents compared with their non-Hispanic White peers and was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study ...

Encounter-level factors played a key role in limiting outpatient COVID-19 treatment for Black and Latino patients.

At the peak of the Omicron wave, Covid killed Black Americans in rural areas at a rate roughly 34 percent higher than it did white people.

Topline Differences in hospitals can explain why Black Covid-19 patients are more likely to die than white patients, according to a new study published Thursday, underscoring the pervasive and ...

A trial for coronavirus vaccine researchers: Making sure Black and Hispanic communities are included in studies July 26, 2020 More than 4 years ago Summary ...

The counties with the highest COVID-19 mortality rates consistently have disproportionately larger non-white populations.

Black Americans are getting sick and dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than white Americans — the most recent manifestation of racial disparities in health that have long been evident in the United ...

Black race was not associated with higher in-hospital mortality than white race, after adjustment for differences in sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on admission.

Covid-19 Is Killing Black People Unequally—Don't Be Surprised The coronavirus pandemic is further exposing a gulf in the health statistics of white and black Americans that has existed for decades.

Public officials lament the way that the coronavirus is engulfing black communities. The question is, what are they prepared to do about it?

Majority black counties have three times the rate of infections and nearly six times the rate of deaths as majority white counties, according to the analysis.