Diet and Sudden Cardiac Death

Too Much Southern Food Can Cause A Sudden Heart Attack, But Mediterranean Diet Reduced Risk by Sandee LaMotte.  CNN. July 1, 2021.   

"Just Horrible" Decrease In American Life Expectancy At Birth Between 2018 and 2020

 U.S. Life Expectancy Decreased By An 'Alarming' Amount During Pandemic by Kaitlin Sullivan.  NBC News.  June 23, 2021.  

Vast Undercount Of Covid-19 Deaths Shows that Disease Surveillance And Tracking Are Dangerously Inadequate

 How The World Missed More Than Half Of All Covid-19 Deaths by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  May 7, 2021.  

WHO: Last Week Coronavirus Pandemic "Growing Exponentially" with 4.4 Million New Covid-19 Cases

 WHO says Covid Pandemic Is Growing 'Exponentially' At More Than 4.4 Million New Cases A Week by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.  CNBC.  April 12, 2021.  

87,000 Die Of Drug Overdoses In Period Ending In September; Affecting Black American Disproportionately; Meth Overdoses 12-Fold Higher Among American Indians/Alaska Natives

 Overdose Deaths Have Surged During The Pandemic, C.D.C. Data Shows by Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  April 14, 2021.  

Covid-19 Was The Third Leading Cause Of Death Last Year

 Covid-19 Was Third Leading Cause Of Death Last Year, CDC Confirms In Early Data by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  March 31, 2021.  

White House Report: Georgia Among Worst COVID Death Rates In Nation

White House Report:  Georgia Among Worst COVID Death Rates In Nation by Jonathan Raymond. 11Alive.  February 17, 2021.  

Study: 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year--And The Government Barely Kept Track

More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year--And The Government Barely Kept Track by Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis and Melissa Bailey.  December 23, 2020.   

Due To Pandemic. U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths On Track For All-Time High

Overdose Deaths Appear To Rise Amid Coronavirus Pandemic In U.S. by Associated Press/NBC News.  October 20, 2020.  

2020 Is The Deadliest Year In U.S. History, CDC Finds

 Covid Pandemic Turned 2020 Into Deadliest Year In U.S. History, CDC Finds by Associated Press/NBC. December 22, 2020.  

Medical Advances And Less Crowded Hospitals Have Lead To Lower Covid Death Rates

Death Rates Have Dropped For Seriously Ill Covid Patients by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times. October 29, 2020.  

Excess Deaths Raise Total Coronavirus Death Toll To Nearly 300,000 Through Early October

The Pandemic's Real Toll?  300,000 Deaths, And It's Not Just From The Coronavirus by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2020.   

The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years Of Potential Life In The U.S., Study Finds

The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years Of Potential Life In The U.S., Study Finds by Katherine J. Wu.  The New York Times.  October 22, 2020.  

Huge Coronavirus Study Shows Unique Death Rate Pattern And Role Of Children In Infection

Huge Study Of Coronavirus Cases In India Offers Some Surprises To Scientists by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  September 30, 2020.   

CDC's Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Reports Being Subjected To Political Review To Align With White House Statements

 Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Reports On Covid-19 by Dan Diamond.  Politico.  September 11, 2020.  

IHME: Most Likely Forecast: 410,000 Deaths By January 1, 2021.

Key Coronavirus Forecast Predicts Over 410,000 Total U.S. Deaths By Jan. 1:  "The Worst Is Yet To Come" by Will Feuer.  CNBC.  September 4, 2020.   

On Saturday Georgia's Official Death Toll Passed 5,000

Coronavirus Deaths In Georgia Pass 5,000 by Michael E. Kanell.  AJC.  August 22, 2020.

At Least 200,000 People Have Died Since March Pointing To True Toll Of Coronavirus

The True Coronavirus Toll In The U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000 by Denise Lu.  The New York Times.   August 13, 2020.

Coronavirus-Related Deaths In A Community Tends To Reduce Support For Republicans

How Local Covid Deaths Are Affecting Vote Choice by Lynn Vavreck And Christopher Warshaw.  The New York Times.  July 28, 2020.

179,500 Excess Deaths From March 15 to July 11

Tracking The Real Coronavirus Death Toll In The United States by Josh Katz, Denise Lu And Margot Sanger-Katz. The New York Times.  July 22, 2020.