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COVID-19 ‘Radically’ Changed the Leading Causes of Death

Published April 5, 2024

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Published by: Time
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By Alex Tanzi

COVID-19 became the second leading cause of death globally in the year after it was declared a pandemic, according to a study published in the Lancet.

While heart disease remained the top killer, COVID “radically altered” the main five causes of death for the first time in 30 years, displacing stroke, the publication said. In 2021, 94 in every 100,000 people died from COVID, on an age-standardized basis.

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COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US

Published January 31, 2023

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Published by: University of Oxford
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For the one-year period August 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall.

The researchers believe that vaccines and nonpharmaceutical interventions are needed to limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and mitigate severe disease.

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