| Description: | This National Public Radio audio feature describes some of the social factors contributing to an elevated incidence rate of H1N1 (swine flu) among low-income minorities in the Boston area. Blacks and Latinos were both more likely to contract H1N1 than whites. Minorities were also more than twice as likely to be hospitalized for the virus. While there is there is nothing about the virus itself makes minorities more susceptible than whites, social factors, such as the ability to take time-off from work, are believed to have contributed to this disparity. |