The Wall Street Journal quoted Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School on her research into the pandemic’s impact on life expectancy by race and ethnicity. One reason for the heavy toll among Hispanic people is that many who died were younger than those in other groups, she said.
“Even among a population of Medicaid patients who are similarly economically disadvantaged, Latinos are shouldering an unfair burden of this deadly pandemic,” said study co-author Mireille Jacobson.
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NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured research by Mireille Jacobson of the USC Leonard Davis School and the USC Schaeffer Center on the racial and ethnic disparities in who is getting sick and dying from COVID-19. “Even among a population of Medicaid patients who are similarly economically disadvantaged, Latinos are shouldering an unfair burden of this deadly pandemic,” she said. Additional coverage was found on Univision Los Angeles affiliate KMEX-TV, Telemundo Los Angeles affiliate KVEA-TV, La Opinión, KNX 1070 AM, Spectrum News 1 and the Los Angeles Daily News.
How short-lived neutrophils respond to pathogens appears to vary greatly between the sexes and with age, says Bérénice Benayoun.
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The distinguished honor is given for outstanding contributions to new knowledge about aging through basic biological research.
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USC-Buck Geroscience Training Program in the Biology of Aging funds pre- and postdoctoral researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School.
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Next City (via The Conversation) featured commentary by Dana Goldman of the USC Schaeffer Center and Reginald Tucker-Seeley of the USC Leonard Davis School on how to fix inequalities in American health care. “Including patients of color in clinical trials to test new drugs is vital to learn how well new interventions work across the entire population,” they wrote.
The Population Association of America Irene B. Taeuber Award recognizes innovative contributions to the scientific study of population.
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Discover Magazine featured research by Andrei Irimia of the USC Leonard Davis School and the USC Viterbi School on the healthy aging of the indigenous Tsimane people in Bolivia. “The healthy diet of the Tsimane is likely protective of their brains and their hearts,” he said.
CNN featured research by Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School and a colleague on how COVID-19 has impacted U.S. life expectancy, especially among Black and Latino populations. “This unprecedented change likely stems from social and economic inequities that are associated with both higher exposure to infection and higher fatality among those infected,” they wrote. Additional coverage was found in The Guardian, the New York Daily News and Axios.
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