US maternal death rates jumped for second year in a row amid pandemic
The US pregnancy-related death rate shot up faster in 2021 than in 2020, nearly doubling from prepandemic rates in 2019...
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How Much Did Native American Life Expectancy Drop During COVID-19? – Econofact
Coronavirus Coronavirus By Jeffrey Burnette and Matthew Gregg·January 31, 2023 Rochester Institute of Technology and Center for Indian Country Development,...
Delays, snags hampered HHS pandemic relief efforts to vulnerable groups
A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows that the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) distribution of...
COVID vaccines appear safe in kids who had post-infection syndrome
An observational National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study suggests that COVID-19 vaccination is safe for kids 5 years and older...
More than 3,500 Americans have died from long COVID during pandemic: CDC – ABC News
More than 3,500 Americans have died from long COVID-related illnesses, according to new federal data.The report, published early Wednesday by...
In the US, COVID Reversed CV Mortality Gains, Hitting Black Americans Hardest
It’s “going to take many, many years to get back to where we were in 2019 before the pandemic,” Mamas...
Pfizer and BioNTech updated booster shows strong results against new omicron sublineages in fresh analysis of data
A fresh analysis of data on the immune response generated by the bivalent COVID-19 booster showed strong results against the...
A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and Covid May Collide This Winter, Experts Say
Flu cases are higher than usual for this time of year and are expected to soar in the coming weeks....
A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as COVID-19 Cases Rise.
A walk-up COVID test site at the Esperanza Heath Center in Chicago on Sept. 13, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New...
‘A lull before the storm:’ Fall COVID surge could be on its way in PNW
A fall and winter COVID surge is likely on its way to the Pacific Northwest, despite months of relatively low...