US life expectancy still falling, Native Americans hardest hit: study
LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2022 (BSS/XINHUA) - The life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States dropped by
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LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2022 (BSS/XINHUA) - The life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States dropped by
LOS ANGELES, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States dropped by a shocking 4.7 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, about three times that of whites and by far the most of any ethnic group, according to a new research of the University of Colorado Boulder.
US life expectancy fell last year, continuing the trend of 2020, as the pandemic wreaked havoc on the health of the country and in particular on white Americans, according to a recent study.
"This speaks volumes about the life consequences of how the U.S. handled the pandemic," a health researcher said.
'The US expects to be taken seriously in the world when our one million Covid death and falling health indicators say otherwise.