From left to right: Dr. Beatrice Duncan (UN Women), Dr. C. Nicole Mason (Institute for Women’s Policy Research), and Dr. Kirsten Swinth (Fordham University) Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor SAN...
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COVID-19
Reporting on the developing public health crisis
ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH MORTALITY RATE FROM COVID-19 IN CALIFORNIA
Dr. Tung Nguyen, UCSF, authored a research brief by the Asian American Research Center for Health detailing the disproportionate high mortality rate for Asian Americans from COVID-19 in California. By Sunita Sohrabji, Ethnic Media Services Contributor...
read moreREMITTANCES, FARMERS MARKETS, MIGRATION FLOWS COLLAPSE – DEVELOPING WORLD REELS FROM PANDEMIC FALLOUT
(From left to right) Demetrios Papademetriou (Migration Policy Institute) and Dan Nepstad (Earth Innovation Institute) present during the 5/8 briefing. By Sunita Sohrabji, Ethnic Media Services Contributor Also available in Chinese and Korean. SAN...
read moreIMPLICIT BIAS A DRIVER OF COVID-19 AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS
Dr. Melva Thompson-Robinson knows the data on the disparate impact of the corona virus and COVID-19 on African Americans and other minorities. Her key concern is how racism and unconscious bias continue to act as an accelerant of the pandemic. “Stories...
read moreESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THEIR KIDS “UNSAFE” AS STATES REOPEN
Melva Thompson-Robinson (above), Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, speaks on the impact of the pandemic on African Americans. Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By Sunita Sohrabji,...
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