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โIn late April, a detailed 20-page LAC DPH report showed how COVID-19 cases and deaths were significantly higher among Black and Latino populations compared with white and Asian populations, with poverty another leading factorโfindings mirrored in this moreย recent UCLA [Latino Policy & Politics Institute] analysis.โ
Read More | August 29, 2020
Research by Professorsย David Hayes-Bautistaย and Paul Hsu showed increased mortality rates in all Latino age groups: young adults, early middle age, and late middle age.
Artist Harry Gamboa Jr. and Times writer Carolina A. Miranda join a post-screening discussion with moderatorย Chon Noriega, director of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Centerย and author of โShot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema.โ
โDr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and UCLA LPPI expert, said in a statement that in the early days of the pandemic, concern centered on the skyrocketing death rate of the elderly.โ
โSonja Diaz, executive director of theย Latino Policy and Politics Instituteย at UCLA Luskin,ย provided live commentary on the Republican National Convention as a political analyst on KTLA News. On the conventionโs final night, Diaz noted that President Trumpโs speech did not meaningfully address two issues important to Americans: the COVID-19 crisis and nationwide calls for racial justice.โ
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