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News Articles: COVID deaths

A pharmacy in New York City offers vaccines for COVID-19 and flu. Some researchers argue that the two diseases may pose similar risks of dying for those infected.

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  • Health

Scientists debate how lethal COVID is. Some say it's now less risky than flu

They argue the threat posed by COVID has lessened because of preexisting immunity and access to treatment. Plus, some deaths may be incorrectly blamed on COVID. Others caution it's too soon to tell.

September 17, 2022
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Christina and James Summers were married for 17 years. Now, she's learning to navigate life without him. "Me and my husband really worked like a team," she says. "My teammate's not here to help me, so I'm really feeling a single mom vibe, just trying to get accustomed to this."

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  • Health

COVID took many in the prime of life, leaving families to pick up the pieces

In the U.S., people of color have been more likely to die at younger ages, especially among lower-income communities. That's had a ripple effect on finances, education and physical and mental health.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Pews were marked off to encourage social distancing at a funeral home in Temple, Penn., in March of 2021, around the time the Delta variant began to take hold in the United States.

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Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

FEMA has a pool of cash set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to the families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the application process.

May 09, 2022
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By:
  • Blake Farmer
The continued death toll from COVID led to another drop in life expectancy in 2021.

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  • Health

U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row

The pandemic drove U.S. life expectancy down again in 2021 even though life-saving vaccines were widely available.

April 07, 2022
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  • Rob Stein
Keris Myrick, right, who has schizophrenia, with her father, Dr. Howard Myrick.

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  • Mental Health

COVID and schizophrenia: Why this deadly mix can deepen understanding of the brain

People with schizophrenia are three times as likely to die from the virus, giving scientists an opportunity to study the potential relationship between the immune system and mental illness.

March 25, 2022
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  • April Dembosky
Pennsylvania's acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter walks from a news conference at Grandview Health in Sellersville, Pa., on Jan. 24.

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  • Health

900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic

The U.S. death rate from COVID-19 continues to increase daily, as the rolling seven-day average for daily COVID-19 deaths has been above 2,000 since Jan. 23.

February 04, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin and
  • Rob Stein
A photo of Tony Tsantinis hangs in a collage set up for a celebration of his life on the final day that Athens Pizza in Brimfield, Mass., was open for business. Tsantinis, who owned the pizzeria for many years, died of COVID-19 last month when efforts to find space at a hospital that could offer him a higher level of care could not be found.

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  • Health Care

17 hospitals had no room for this COVID patient. He later died waiting for dialysis

A beloved pizzeria owner in Brimfield, Mass., had COVID-19 and needed dialysis, but it wasn't available at the hospital where he died. The health system is "breaking down," a hospital CEO says.

January 19, 2022
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger

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