While COVID has now claimed more than 1 million lives in the United States alone, these aren’t the only fatalities caused at least in part by the virus. A small but growing number of Americans are surviving acute infections only to succumb months later to the lingering health problems caused by long COVID. Much of...
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Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data
While COVID has now claimed more than 1 million lives in the United States alone, these aren’t the only fatalities caused at least in part by the virus. A small but growing number of Americans are surviving acute infections only to succumb months later to the lingering health problems caused by long COVID. Much of...
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New CDC data: STD rates shot up in 2021
Syphilis rates saw the biggest annual increase in more than 70 years. The CDC data found total infections in 2021 beat the record number of STIs documented in the U.S. in 2020 — increasing from 2.4 to 2.5 million. | Ron Harris/AP Photo By ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN 09/15/2022 05:00 AM EDT Syphilis rates jumped 26 percent...