Minorities bore brunt of COVID among young Americans early in pandemicRacial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection rates were significant among Americans younger than 25 years early in the pandemic, particularly for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic people, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments analyzed data from 689,672 young COVID-19 patients in 15 states and Washington, DC, by age and sex during three pandemic periods.From January to April 2020, racial and ethnic minorities had significantly higher rates of COVID-19 than did the White population (rate