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Latinx people more vulnerable to COVID-19, US study finds
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Latinx people more vulnerable to COVID-19, US study finds

An analysis of COVID-19 testing in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area of the United States found that Latinx people were around three times as likely to test positive, compared with any other ethnic or racial group. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out...

Brain study identifies possible causes of ethnic pain disparities
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Brain study identifies possible causes of ethnic pain disparities

by University of Miami In her Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab at the University of Miami, assistant professor of Psychology Elizabeth Losin investigates the mechanisms underlying racial and ethnic disparities related to pain and pain treatment. She looks at the role the brain plays using functional MRI (fMRI) and the impact of social and cultural...