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Study finds disparities with Black COVID patients in local hospitals

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
Study finds disparities with Black COVID patients in local hospitals
A new study by Penn Medicine shows that with one change, the death rate among African-Americans hospitalized with COVID could be 10% lower.
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