by Diverse Elders | Apr 27, 2020
I did not expect that I would be writing about COVID-19 when I sat down to write a blog celebrating National Minority Health Month, however, it has turned out to be the perfect time to share the detrimental effects COVID-19 has had on racially and ethnically diverse...
by Diverse Elders | Apr 21, 2020
by John-Manuel Andriote. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Craig Washington has never spent a night in the hospital because of HIV. Not even the time in the early ’90s when he got cryptosporidiosis, one of the opportunistic infections that can wreak...
by Dr. Yanira Cruz | Apr 20, 2020
This article originally appeared on the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) blog. NHCOA will be hosting two upcoming telephone town halls, in English and Spanish, to give space for communities to engage in education and advocacy around COVID-19. Learn more and...
by Diverse Elders | Apr 14, 2020
by Christina N. Harrington. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said that he and other older Americans would be willing to risk death due to the coronavirus in order to protect the U.S. economy. What followed was a...
by Diverse Elders | Apr 6, 2020
by Denny Chan. This article originally appeared on the Justice in Aging blog. Dorothy is in good spirits, but tired and growing increasingly impatient. In January – well before life for most Americans had been dramatically disrupted by COVID-19 with stay at home...
