In the News: Marc A. Garcia

While the early months of the pandemic were marked by higher mortality rates among Whites in blue (Democratic governor) states, red states (Republican governor) experienced larger increases in 2021.

While people of color have borne the brunt of lives lost throughout the pandemic, the growth in White deaths from COVID-19 outpaced deaths among other racial/ethnic groups in 2021. 

Among older adults, U.S. Latinos have higher rates of cognitive impairment than U.S.-born whites.

Pandemic research by Maxwell faculty and students is shaping policy and perception on everything from aging to opioid addiction.

This research brief shows that in the first year of the pandemic, older Black and Latinx adults experienced greater negative economic impacts than older white adults.