The death rate for adolescents and children in the US skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021

The US child and adolescent mortality rate skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021, a boost not fueled by deaths from covid-19, but by fatal injuries from firearms, drugs and car accidents, according to a study published this Monday in the academic journal JAMA. The pandemic years produced a marked change in infant mortality trends, which had […]

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