<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/toward-healing-report-finds-gap-in-aapi-communities.html" dsn="news"><title>Toward Healing: Report Finds Gaps in Pandemic Services Available to AAPI Communities</title><item_date>12/01/2021 02:21:18 PM</item_date><author>Anne Wilson, Director of Communications</author><image><img src="/news/images/amh-toward-healing-shutterstock-.jpg" alt="A woman looking sadly out of a window."/></image><image_caption>The pandemic increased physical and mental health challenges for Asian and Pacific Islander communities. (Photo: Shutterstock)</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/amh-toward-healing-shutterstock-.jpg" alt="A woman looks sadly out a window"/></thumbnail><summary>Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) communities were particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 exposure and its causes, and had a harder time accessing care during the pandemic. A recent story published through The Boston University Statehouse Program highlighted a new report that showcased these vulnerabilities.</summary><category>In the News</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the News</tag></tags></item>