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Dec 22

2021 likely to eclipse last year as nation’s deadliest, CDC says

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

It's too early to say for sure, but based on available information, it seems likely 2021 will surpass last year's record number of deaths by at least 15,000, according to the CDC.

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Nov 29

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How unresolved grief could haunt children who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID

By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News

The number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 has surpassed 775,000. But left behind are tens of thousands of children — some orphaned entirely — after their parents or a grandparent who cared for them died. In this report co-produced with…

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Oct 26

Brazil senators to vote on urging charges for Bolsonaro

By Débora Álvares, Associated Press

A Brazilian Senate committee is voting Tuesday on a report recommending President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions that allegedly added to the world's second-highest death toll.

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Oct 02

COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in U.S. as delta variant rages

By Heather Hollingsworth, Tammy Webber, Associated Press

It’s a milestone that by all accounts didn’t have to happen this soon. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time…

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Oct 01

COVID is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of urbanites

By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News

The pandemic is devastating rural America, where lower vaccination rates are compounding the already limited medical care.

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Aug 26

100,000 more COVID deaths expected unless U.S. changes its ways

By Carla K. Johnson, Nicky Forster, Associated Press

But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces. Experts agree: What the coronavirus has in store this fall depends on human behavior.

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Aug 25

New York governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally

By Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day's end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized…

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Jun 15

U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll

By Janie Har, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and look forward to summer.

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Jun 11

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Honoring 5 extraordinary Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19

Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives.

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Jun 04

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Remembering 5 remarkable people who lost their lives to COVID-19

Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives.

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