How Many Lives Were Lost to COVID-19? A Look Back Nearly 5 Years Later
A total of 463,267 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in 2021, which was the deadliest year for the virus in the U.S. Confirmed ...
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CDC: Life expectancy up, mortality down in 2023
Life expectancy in the U.S. grew an average of 10.8 months in 2023, to 75.8 years for men and 81.1 years for women, according ...
Americans are living longer, thanks to pandemic's end, fewer opioid deaths
Average life expectancy in the U.S. increased nearly one year in 2023, rebounding to a level not reached since the COVID-19 ...
US life expectancy has rebounded closer to pre-pandemic levels
Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths ...
U.S. Life Expectancy Increases: 3 Things to Know
Average life expectancy from birth rose from 77.5 years in 2022 to 78.4 years in 2023, according to final figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of ...
Union membership can reduce the odds of death, study finds
According to a new study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, the time spent in a union can lead to lower ...
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10 top causes of death in 2023: CDC
The country saw nearly 189,000 fewer deaths in 2023 compared to 2022, marking a 6% decrease in the age-adjusted death rate, according to updated mortality data the CDC published Dec. 19. This decrease ...
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The leading cause of death among children and elderly revealed
According to WHO, there are approximately 6,300 newborn deaths every day, amounting to nearly 47 per cent of all child deaths ...
These Two Jobs Have Lower Alzheimer's Death Rates than Other Professions: Study
Taxi and ambulance drivers have jobs that "demand real-time spatial and navigational processing," said the lead researcher, ...
Baby dance class, more doulas: Cleveland’s Neighborhood Family Practice expands to fight infant mortality
Pregnant women who don’t speak English can use the health center’s special app to communicate with caregivers. Neighborhood ...
Macalester scholar: Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates
Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in ...
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Maternal mortality review panels are in the spotlight. Here's what they do
Efforts to reduce the nation's persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate and learn from each mother's death. The panels — called maternal ...