Another hurdle for Californians in desperate need of COVID-19 vaccines: A quarter of Los Angeles residents - 2.4 MILLION people - live in pharmacy deserts, study finds
A total of 2.4 million if Los Angeles County s 10 million residents live in so-called pharmacy deserts
The median distance to the nearest retail pharmacy for residents in pharmacy deserts was 1.38 miles compared to 0.5 miles for pharmacy non-deserts
Residents in pharmacy deserts were more likely to be Black and Hispanic, speak English as a second language and live under the federal poverty level
Experts worry this will make it more difficult to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines, especially among one of the nation s worst hit areas
The drive to vanquish the coronavirus gained ground Monday when Britain introduced another COVID-19 vaccine and the first people inoculated in the U.S.
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