Even those not infected by the virus could suffer health problems related to poverty, job loss, eviction — or all of the above. And the pandemic drove the nation’s largest decline in life expectancy since World War II.
Category: Public Health
Pandemic tied to largest annual drop in birth rates since 1973
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6 updates on the ‘black fungus’ plaguing India’s COVID-19 patients
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10 states with highest, lowest COVID-19 case rates
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The new ‘delta plus’ variant: 6 things to know
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Thousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid. Where’s Help for Them?
More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to covid-19. Families say finding even basic grief counseling has been difficult and there’s been no coordinated effort to help these children access services or benefits.
Delta now accounts for 20% of US COVID-19 cases; ‘greatest threat’ to efforts to curb virus, Fauci says
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Delta variant likely to become dominant in US within weeks; may see July COVID-19 surges among unvaccinated
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Is Rand Paul Mixing Up the Vaccine Message for Covid Survivors?
The scientific literature shows that natural immunity does provide protection against covid-19, but experts say getting vaccinated can provide additional protection against variants.
Hemmed In at Home, Nonprofit Hospitals Look for Profits Abroad
About three dozen elite health systems are involved in for-profit hospital projects overseas. Though the systems are exempt from U.S. taxes for providing “community benefit,” there’s limited evidence that such business ventures benefit American patients.
