Social Inequities Explain Racial Gaps in Pandemic, Studies Find
Jon Zelner featured in the New York Times
Higher rates of infection and mortality among Black and Hispanic Americans are explained by exposure on the job and at home, experts said.
Health Equity
How 20 Years of Stroke Research Revealed Disparities Among Mexican Americans
Belinda Zuniga featured by the American Heart Association
Belinda Zuniga, who works with Michigan Public Health's Lynda Lisabeth on the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project, helps further research about stroke in Mexican Americans.
African Americans, Those With Type 2 Diabetes, Kidney Disease at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization
New research from Tian Gu
Black patients are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than white patients with similar underlying health and socioeconomic conditions, according to a new University of Michigan School of Public Health study.
Disability Disparities May Be Explained by Obesity, Smoking, Physical Labor
New research from Tarlise Townsend
Excess body mass, smoking and manual labor explain a large proportion of disability disparities in the United States, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Seven Ways the Pandemic Is Affecting Our Mental Health
Riana Anderson featured in Greater Good Magazine
Epidemiologists and virologists around the world are scrambling to understand and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. There is another group of researchers who are concerned about a slightly different foe: the mental health pandemic.
Active COVID-19 Cases in Michigan Prisons Are Down, but Experts Say Threat Isn't Over
Emily Martin featured in the Detroit Free Press
Active cases of COVID-19 in Michigan’s prisons have fallen since the novel coronavirus tore through the Department of Corrections in the spring and infected 10% of the incarcerated population. But experts, staff and prisoners say now is not a time for complacency.