Melanese Marr-Thomas talks about the photographs of her late husband, Charles Thomas, that decorate her living room wall in District Heights, Md. Charles Thomas suffered from high blood pressure and had a severe bout of COVID-19 before his death.
Wong Maye-E, Associated Press
Jessica Guthrie adjusts the glasses of her mother, Constance, after waking her up in the morning Sept. 20 in Fredericksburg, Va. Constance Guthrie suffers from Alzheimer's disease, which Black Americans are more likely to get than white Americans. They are also less likely to be diagnosed and get treatment.
The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans and found they fare worse than their white counterparts in multiple health measures — ranging from birth to death.
Black children are more likely to have asthma than kids of any other race in America. They're also more likely to live near polluting plants, …
Melanese Marr-Thomas talks about the photographs of her late husband, Charles Thomas, that decorate her living room wall in District Heights, Md. Charles Thomas suffered from high blood pressure and had a severe bout of COVID-19 before his death.
Jessica Guthrie adjusts the glasses of her mother, Constance, after waking her up in the morning Sept. 20 in Fredericksburg, Va. Constance Guthrie suffers from Alzheimer's disease, which Black Americans are more likely to get than white Americans. They are also less likely to be diagnosed and get treatment.
