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Cancer patients who live in rural areas experience higher mortality rates than nonrural patients, according to research from the VCU Massey Cancer Center.

US deaths normally change less than 2% each year; in 2020, they rose nearly 23% Black Americans experienced highest per capita excess death rates, while regional surges contributed to higher excess death rates from COVID-19 and other causes, a JAMA study finds   Monday PM (SitNews) - Extended surges in the South and West in the summer and early winter of 2020 resulted in regional increases in excess death rates, both from COVID-19 and from other causes, a 50-state an...