Widespread COVID death underreporting around the world raises broader questions

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world faced the same basic challenge: measuring a fast-moving public ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence

Six years ago this week, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. In the six years since, the pandemic has killed over 30 ...
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The US Grossly Undercounted Covid Deaths Early On, Updated Toll Shows

The official death toll of covid-19 between 2020 and 2021 was off by nearly 20%, new research finds. Reading time 3 minutes The covid-19 pandemic was perhaps the greatest natural disaster to befall ...
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U.S. life expectancy hits a new high as deaths from overdoses and COVID fall

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to age 79, on average, an increase of more than half a year from 2023, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics released ...