DU study: COVID disproportionately affects segregated areas

Emily Ambery | Staff Writer 03/11/2021 A Duquesne study found that people living in socioeconomically and racially segregated neighborhoods may be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 deaths. Dr. Ahmad Khanijahani, a researcher and assistant professor in the Rangos School of Health Sciences, published this study in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in January. Khanijahani gathered data from over 3,100 counties and over 73,000 … Continue reading DU study: COVID disproportionately affects segregated areas

Segregation still a problem in Pittsburgh

By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke More than 1,000 protesters marched from Oakland to downtown Pittsburgh last week on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and invoked King’s memory to call for an end to racism. However, Brown University sociology professor John Logan said high levels of residential segregation continue to slow progress toward equal treatment for blacks in Pittsburgh, the 19th most segregated city … Continue reading Segregation still a problem in Pittsburgh