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“We were getting bombarded with COVID bodies,” said Dr. Mary Gaffney, who stepped in to run her brother, Jeremiah’s, funeral home in Inwood, New York after he died of the virus last May. At least ...

In Chicago, for example, black people account for 72 percent of virus-related fatalities, even though they make up a little less than a third of the population. Mr. Cuomo said on Wednesday that ...

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Differences in hospitals can explain why Black Covid-19 patients are more likely to die than white patients, according to a new study published Thursday, underscoring the pervasive and ...

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The elder Troy, who developed the cemetery, died of COVID-19 in August 2020, one of many Black funeral directors to succumb during the pandemic. “I don’t think I’ll ever get over it,” he said.