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COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023.

Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says

COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed about 7 million people worldwide, ravaging health care systems and economies. Dr. Atul Gawande, head of global health at the US Agency for International Development, spoke with The World’s Carolyn Beeler about how pandemic recovery “will require as much focus and attention as it did when it first started.”

A used container of the drug Narcan, which is used against opioid overdoses, lies on the ground in a park in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 26, 2017.

US life expectancy fell in 2016 for second year in a row

Health

New research discovers vast impact on lifespan from China’s pollution

Health & Medicine
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American Life Expectancy Varies Widely by County

Health & Medicine
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Approaching the American age of centenarians

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Poverty and poor health

Business, Economics and Jobs

A new report by the World Health Organization focuses on the social factors — like poverty and unemployment — that determine people’s health. Lisa Mullins speaks with Michael Marmot, chair of the WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

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