1. COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States.
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Gil, Raul Macias, Marcelin, Jasmine R, Zuniga-Blanco, Brenda, Marquez, Carina, Mathew, Trini, Piggott, Damani A, and Macias Gil, Raul
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COVID-19 pandemic , *HISPANIC Americans , *COVID-19 , *HEALTH equity - Abstract
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 we now refer to as COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March 2020. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed preexisting social and health disparities among several historically vulnerable populations, with stark differences in the proportion of minority individuals diagnosed with and dying from COVID-19. In this article we will describe the emerging disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx (henceforth: Hispanic or Latinx) community in the United States, discuss potential antecedents, and consider strategies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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