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Report: Decrease in U.S. life expectancy due to COVID-19
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CDC report shows overall life expectancy declined by a full year due to COVID-19.
A new CDC report says the virus slashed a year off from Americans’ overall life expectancy, the biggest loss since World War II. The hardest hit are Black men, whose life expectancy dropped 3 full years.
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Report: Decrease in U.S. life expectancy due to COVID-19
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A new CDC report says the virus slashed a year off from Americans’ overall life expectancy, the biggest loss since World War II. The hardest hit are Black men, whose life expectancy dropped 3 full years.
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