More than 3,600 US health workers died in COVID-19's first year
Two-thirds of deceased health care workers for whom the "Lost on the Frontline" project has data identified as people of color, revealing the deep inequities tied to race, ethnicity and economic status in America’s health care workforce.
Written By:
Jane Spencer / The Guardian and Christina Jewett / Kaiser Health News |
10:28 am, Apr. 8, 2021
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Illustration by Lydia Zuraw / Kaiser Health News
More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the Frontline,” a 12-month investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track such deaths.