
How the Pandemic Shortened Life Expectancy and New Drugs on the Horizon: COVID, Quickly, Episode 40
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Introduction
US life expectancy has declined by almost three years in the last two years. Life American and Alaska Native populations lost a total of 6.6 years from 2019 to 2021. The Hispanic population lost 4.2 years, while the non-Hispanic Black population lost 4 years. And the white population lost 2.4 years; Asianpopulation lost 2.1 years.
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