Two research letters published today in JAMA Network Open highlight racial disparities in COVID-19 burden—regardless of income level—and examine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data presentation that may perpetuate racial health disparities.In the first study, non-white, urban US counties had higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths than predominantly white counties in the early months of the pandemic, regardless of income level, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Network Open.Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine analyzed COVID-19 case and death data from the 2018 US Census Small Areas Income and Poverty Estimates program, the CDC, and state health departments from 158 metropolitan