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A COVID-19 test is collected in Salt Lake City, Utah. A federal study published Monday found that Hispanic and non-white workers make up a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases associated with workplace outbreaks in Utah. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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CDC Study Finds Hispanics Hit Disproportionately Hard By Workplace Outbreaks

A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73% of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24% of the workforce in those sectors.

A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images hide caption

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CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'

Pointing to the pandemic's disproportionate toll on people of color, over 1,200 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis.

CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'

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In Large Texas Cities, Access To Coronavirus Testing May Depend On Where You Live

An NPR investigation shows that black and Latino neighborhoods in four large Texas cities have fewer coronavirus testing sites, leaving communities blind to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.

In Large Texas Cities, Access To Coronavirus Testing May Depend On Where You Live

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