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“Breakthroughs” Podcast: COVID-19 Deaths and Racial Health Disparities with Clyde Yancy, MD

Although COVID-19 doesn’t necessarily discriminate, some communities are far more susceptible to the disease. People who are black or African-American are more likely to contract the virus – and to die from it. In this podcast produced by Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Clyde Yancy, MD, discusses reasons for these outcomes and the need to fully address health care disparities in America.