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Bonnie Boswell Reports
Why HIV Disproportionately Affects Women of Color
Season 5
Episode 501
According to the Center for Disease Control, the rate of new HIV infections among Latina women is three times that of white women, and among African-American women, it’s 15 times higher. In this episode Bonnie Boswell Reports speaks to Dr. LaShonda Spencer about the socioeconomic factors that disproportionately harm the health of women of color.
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