African Americans and COVID-19: Part XVII (10 Articles)

Black Barbershops Join COVID-19 Fight (VOA, 8/23/2020)

https://www.voanews.com/usa/black-barbershops-join-covid-19-fight

More People of Color Needed in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials (NPR, 8/23/2020)

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/23/905181731/more-people-of-color-needed-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials

CNN en Espanol’s Dr. Elmer Huerta volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial. Here’s Why (CNN, 8/22/2020)

https://martinsvillebulletin.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/cnn-en-espa-ols-dr-elmer-huerta-volunteered-for-a-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-heres-why/article_6bc23a84-e910-55a1-97e2-5f968c4abd40.html

African American Patients Stroke Patients with COVID-19 Had Worse Outcomes Post Treatment (Forbes, 8/22/2020)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuradhavaranasi/2020/08/22/african-american-stroke-patients-with-covid-19-had-worse-outcomes-post-treatment/#35b72e5d43ad

Segregated Parks Linked to Higher COVID-19 for Black and Latino Americans (USA Today, 8/22/2020)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/22/covid-outbreak-park-access-barrier-black-latino-communities/3291907001/

Mounting US Deaths Reveal an Outsize Toll on People of Color (Fox 11 News, 8/22/2020)

https://fox11online.com/news/coronavirus/mounting-us-deaths-reveal-an-outsize-toll-on-people-of-color

Black Hoosiers Hospitalized for COVID-19 more often than white counterparts, study finds (IndyStar, 8/20/2020)

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2020/08/20/coronavirus-hospitalization-blacks-hospitalized-far-more-than-whites/5610834002/

80 Percent of Richmond’s Coronavirus Cases Are Among Blacks and Latinos (WXFR, 8/20/2020)

https://www.wfxrtv.com/health/coronavirus/80-percent-of-richmonds-coronavirus-cases-are-am:ong-blacks-and-latinos/

UNC, Duke seek volunteers, particularly people of color, for COVID-19 vaccine (News & Record, 8/20/2020)

https://greensboro.com/news/state/unc-duke-seek-volunteers-particularly-people-of-color-for-covid-19-vaccine-trials/article_9904378a-e2fe-11ea-b25f-6f19e837c87e.html

Urban League Releases 2020 State of Black America (New York Amsterdam News, 8/20/2020)

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/aug/20/urban-league-releases-2020-state-black-ameri::