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COVID-19

COVID-19’s Deadly Lesson: Time To Revamp Long-Term Care
By Deborah Gastfreund Schuss

COVID-19 pulled back the curtain on long-standing cracks in the entire long-term care system. Our approach to caring for the vulnerable among us has failed, with nursing home residents disproportionately stricken. It’s time to abandon our deeply entrenched and outdated views of long-term care in favor of a disruptive model that invests more heavily in home and community services. Read More >>

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COVID-19

Racial/Ethnic Differences In COVID-19 Screening, Hospitalization, And Mortality In Southeast Wisconsin
By Leonard E. Egede, Rebekah J. Walker, Emma Garacci, and John R. Raymond

Leonard Egede and coauthors examine racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a highly segregated "minority-majority" city. Blacks and Hispanics are 3.7 times and 3.1 times, respectively, more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than non-Hispanic Whites. Read More >>

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