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                                                    <title><![CDATA[Harvard Health Posts by Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH Feed]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Communities of color devastated by COVID-19: Shifting the narrative]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[Communities of color, which have long struggled against health disparities, have been affected much more severely by the COVID-19 pandemic than white communities. Now is the time to take stock of misconceptions, mistrust, and missteps that helped fuel infection rates and devastating outcomes last spring.]]>
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                        <updated>2020-10-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Promoting equity and community health in the COVID-19 pandemic]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[At one Boston health care system a range of initiatives aimed at improving health care equity were launched as the pandemic swept forward last spring, taking a disproportionate toll on communities of color. Building on this could prove key as the virus resurges this winter.]]>
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                        <updated>2020-10-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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