COVID-19 is widening gaps in health equity. Here are some ways organizations are trying to address it

by Heather Landi The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting low-income, underserved populations particularly hard, experts say. Many people who have been furloughed or lost their jobs are struggling to pay for basic needs, increasing the risk for food insecurity and homelessness in some neighborhoods in hard-hit areas like New York and New Jersey. And in communities of color …