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US life expectancy problem is ‘bigger than we ever thought,’ report finds
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe country’s life expectancy problem gained renewed attention in recent years during the COVID-19...
How US life expectancy rates changed as COVID deaths wane, drug overdoses persist
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLife expectancy rose to 77.5 years on average in 2022, a slight increase of 1.1 years from 2021,...
US life expectancy drops as Europe shows signs of recovery after COVID, study finds
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2020, most countries around the world experienced a shocking decline in life expectancy as...
US life expectancy growth falling behind dozens of countries: report
The Hill via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe United States has increasingly fallen behind in its average life expectancy over the past few...
No, CDC COVID-19 vaccine data doesn't link shot to shorter life span | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe claim: CDC data shows COVID-19 vaccines could lower life expectancy by up to 24 years A Sept. 4...
Nearly 107,000 drug overdoses, COVID deaths, push US life expectancy to lowest in 25 years
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 107,000 Americans died as a result of a drug overdose last year, an increase of nearly 16%...
'Once in a generation' blizzard
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA potentially historic winter storm whips up blizzard conditions and plunging temperatures. American life expectancy has dropped. And the Senate approves...
US Life Expectancy Falls to Two-Decade Low
The Fiscal Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWith the country battered by Covid-19 and an ongoing drug overdose epidemic, average life expectancy in the United States fell to 76.4 years last year,...
COVID this week: BA.5 boosters on the way, CDC reports hospitalizations among vaccinated, US life...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine should be available soon to anyone 12 and older who wants one....
Americans' life expectancy continues to fall, erasing health gains of the last quarter century
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAverage American life expectancy fell from 77 to 76.4 years last year, bringing U.S. figures back to where they were in 1996, according to federal data released Thursday. That means all the ...