Life expectancy of minorities hit hardest in the US during COVID-19

Published on August 25, 2022

COVID-19 affected life expectancy around the world. In the US life expectancy losses were much larger for Hispanic and Black males in the US compared with their White counterparts, according to new research published in PNAS from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.
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