Study: COVID-19 disparities associated with higher work, home exposure

Disproportionate rates of COVID-19 illness and death among racial and ethnic minorities likely stem from a higher probability of exposure to the virus at work and at home, according to a study by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality researchers published this week in Health Affairs. Based on data from the agency’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the authors identified large racial-ethnic differences in job characteristics, with blacks more likely than whites to work in the health sector, public safety and public utilities; Hispanics more likely to work in food-related jobs; and blacks and Hispanics less likely to be able to work at home.
Related News Articles
Headline
The Food and Drug Administration July 15 announced a recall by Sandoz on certain lots of cefazolin, due to the lots being mislabeled as penicillin G potassium…
Headline
The AHA July 14 responded to a Department of Health and Human Services request for information regarding lawful regulation and innovation to promote better…
Headline
The Food and Drug Administration July 10 approved Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 with at least one underlying condition that…
Headline
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration June 30 released a proposed rule to remove what remains of its emergency temporary standard for occupational…
Headline
Duke University’s Anna Tharakan, lead project manager on Closing the Gap on Hypertension Disparities, and Bradi Granger, Ph.D., research professor at Duke…
Headline
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 27 announced in a post on X that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…