Flu.Watch - Influenza News and Updates
Reports on the Coronavirus and Influenza Around the World
  • Home
  • Updates
Navigation:Main Page > Updates > Covid Causes Sharp Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy

Breaking News

Hours-long reading of 628-page COVID relief bill delays Senate debate
Senate votes to kick off debate over $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill
Too much stimulus in the U.S. may bring ‘imported inflation’ to China, economists warn
Study finds link between coronavirus mortality risk and obesity

Updates

Covid Causes Sharp Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy

EditorNew York TimesFebruary 17, 2021

But those declines, while unusual, were small — measured in small fractions of a year. Researchers knew there would be a decline last year, but the sheer magnitude in the first six months left them reeling: The drop brought life expectancy to the lowest level since 2006. The last major decline was 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943, after the United States entered World War II, Dr. Arias said.

Updated

Feb. 17, 2021, 10:09 p.m. ET

 

Researchers say Thursday’s numbers are important because they are a numeric representation of the magnitude of the current coronavirus crisis. They may not represent a trend that will continue in the future, but they speak volumes about the sheer scale of the suffering many American communities are experiencing in the present, like …continued .
[Source: New York Times]

Related Posts

Hours-long reading of 628-page COVID relief bill delays Senate debate

Updates /

Hours-long reading of 628-page COVID relief bill delays Senate debate

Senate votes to kick off debate over $1

Updates /

Senate votes to kick off debate over $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill

Too much stimulus in the U.S

Updates /

Too much stimulus in the U.S. may bring ‘imported inflation’ to China, economists warn

‹ Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID -19 Not in Healthcare Settings› Europe and U.S. should donate up to 5 percent of vaccine doses to developing nations, Macron says
March 2021
MTWTFSS
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031 
« Feb  

Flu Watch Monthly Archives

  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020

Browse by Popular Tag

Business InsiderBuzzFeedCBS NewsCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCNBCCNNFox NewsHuffington PostNew York TimesThe GuardianWashington PostWorld Health OrganizationYahoo News

Back to Top

  • Main Page
  • Updates
  • DMCA / Copyright
(c) 2020 Flu.Watch