Pregnant Black and Hispanic women five times more likely to be exposed to coronavirus

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Black and Hispanic pregnant women in Philadelphia are five times as likely as white and Asian women to have been exposed to the novel coronavirus, according to a new study led by Scott Hensley, Ph.D., an associate professor of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Karen Marie Puopolo, MD, PhD, an associate professor of Pediatrics and neonatologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news