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Alzheimer’s Hits Blacks Hard. Why And What To Do

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The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting inequities in U.S. healthcare. Death rates among Black and Hispanic people are much higher than for white people. But illnesses often impact racial groups differently. Blacks, for instance, are much more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than whites are. The Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado is tackling that issue.