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"As many of the effects of the pandemic might take a longer time frame to have a measurable effect on human lives, continuous and timely monitoring of excess years of life lost (YLL) would help identify the sources of excess mortality and…

This declined from 81.8 years in 2019 to 78.8 years in 2020, resulting in 90% of the decline in life expectancy due to COVID-19. ‘Life expectancy in the U.S. has been dropped from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020 (by 1.5 years) –…

Though emerging evidence shows that people with a learning disability are at higher risk from related death than the general population, the results are often complicated by factors such as deprivation and underlying conditions…

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects the lung interstitium or the space between the lung sacs and the bloodstream, leading to severe lung scarring. Severe COVID-19 can also damage the lung interstitium leading to severe lung…

It was estimated that overall, 37% of all heat-related deaths in the recent summer periods were attributable to the warming of the planet due to anthropogenic activities and this human-induced climate change was highest in Central and…

Dropping below the 30,000 level the first time since March 23 - when 28,699 infections were notched, the daily cases dropped from 34,389 on Sunday to 26,616 now, taking the state tally above the 54 lakh mark to 54,05,068. The Mumbai…