John,

As case counts and fatalities continue to rise, Black, Latinx, and Native American individuals are contracting the virus and dying at significantly higher rates than other groups. 

What is causing these disparities? And what can we do to address them? Dr. Lisa Cooper, founder and director of the Center for Health Equity at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explores these questions as part of our Road to Recovery video series. Watch now for her expert insights on what can be done to both support and empower communities of color in the fight against COVID-19:  

The United States now has more than five million reported cases -- more than any other country. We have also suffered more deaths from the pandemic than any other nation. Those burdens are falling the hardest on minority communities. 

Learn more about this urgent challenge, and why the COVID-19 crisis continues to take an outsize toll on America's communities of color:

https://youtu.be/yOlIsKc70NE

Thanks,

Bloomberg Philanthropies

P.S. -- Dr. Cooper took a deeper dive into these issues on a recent episode of our Follow the Data podcast, "Systemic Racism as a Public Health Issue." You can listen to the conversation here: https://soundcloud.com/follow-the-data/78-systemic-racism-as-a-public-health-issue