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Pandemic imperiled non-English speakers more than others By Martha Bebinger, WBUR Share: Interpreter Ana Maria Rios-Velez demonstrates the screening app at the front entrance of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. It has a multilingual function to better communicate with non-English-speaking patients and staffers. (Jesse Costa/WBUR/KHN/TNS) BOSTON — In March 2020, just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, the incident command center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was scrambling to understand this deadly new disease. It appeared to be killing more Black and ...

Demand for COVID-19 vaccines is starting to dip as Mass. steps up efforts to reach the wary ‘You’ve gotten the easy people,’ said one official. Now comes the hard part. By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated May 1, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Erick Escobar opened the door of a home as Ana Martinez and her daughter Daya Martinez waited in East Boston. A team from ASG are going go door to door to help inform people in East Boston about COVID-19 vaccines.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff After months of Massachusetts residents enthusiastically rushing to get their COVID-19 shots, a ...

COVID-19 Imperiled Non-English Speakers More Than Most Hospitals across the country have reported more hospitalizations and deaths of Black and Latino patients than whites. Black and brown patients may be more susceptible because they are more likely to have a chronic illness. April 28, 2021 •  TNS (TNS) - In March 2020, just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, the incident command center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was scrambling to understand this deadly new disease. It appeared to be killing more Black and brown patients than whites. For Latinos, there was an additional w...

Pandemic imperiled non-English speakers more than others In March 2020, just weeks into the Covid-19 pandemic, the incident command center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was scrambling to understand this deadly new disease. It appeared to be killing more Black and brown patients than whites. For Latinos, there was an additional warning sign: language. Patients who didn’t speak much, or any, English had a 35% greater chance of death. Clinicians who couldn’t communicate clearly with patients in the hospital’s Covid units noticed it was affecting outcomes. “We had an inkling...