US agency vows steps to address COVID-19 inequalities

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency has released a new strategy for dealing with the coronavirus epidemic’s unequal impact on minorities. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stress that the disproportionately high impact of the virus on certain minority groups is not driven by genetics. Rather, it’s social conditions that make people of color more likely to be exposed to the virus and more likely to get seriously ill. The CDC is v