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Life Expectancy for Black Americans Drops as House Considers $1.9 Trillion Rescue Package
The life expectancy for African Americans declined the most from 2019 — by 2.7 years, to 72 years — its…
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U.S. Life Expectancy Lowers a Year Amid Pandemic
Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped a year in the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the…
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Double Mask Best Protection, CDC Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that new ways of wearing face masks dramatically reduce the risk of…
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Finite Number of Blacks Getting Coronavirus Vaccine: CDC
During the first month of the U.S. coronavirus vaccination program, 12,928,749 people received at least one dose of vaccine between…
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Blacks Traveling Farther Than Whites for Vaccinations: Study
African Americans are far likelier than whites to travel more than a mile from home to get a coronavirus vaccination,…
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STIs Cost U.S. Health Care System Billions of Dollars Annually
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says one in five people have a sexually transmitted infection, according to…
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U.S. Could See 80K More Coronavirus Deaths in Next 3 Weeks as New Variants Emerge, Experts Project
Though coronavirus cases in the U.S. are leveling off somewhat, the country is amid the deadliest month of the pandemic…
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Whites Getting Vaccine at Higher Rates Than Blacks, Latinos
Blacks and Latinos have received coronavirus vaccinations at substantially lower rates than whites due to the federal government and hospitals…
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Older Adults, Front-Line Workers Should Get Vaccine Next, CDC Committee Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends older adults and front-line essential workers as…
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Health Officials Sound Alarm on Rising Coronavirus Cases
Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has sounded the alarm about the…
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