US Life Expectancy Fell by One Year in First Half of 2020 as COVID-19 Deaths Rose

Earlier this month, a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offered insight into the life expectancy of Americans, and determined that it had dropped by 1.1 years as a result of the pandemic. The study also highlighted that Black and Latino populations had experienced larger reductions in life expectancy than white Americans.

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