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U.S. life expectancy falls by entire year as pandemic rages

Thu, 18 Feb 2021

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The crisis is not over in Texas, as power outages and brutal weather continue to have a broad impact. The Texas Tribune looks at how people are suffering from food shortages and the loss of clean drinking water. Life expectancy in America dropped by an entire year over the first six months of 2020. Bloomberg News looks at new CDC data that captures some the realities of the pandemic in hard numbers, including large racial disparities. Even after the economic crisis has ended, certain jobs will probably be gone for good. The Washington Post explains why this is happening and what it means for the future of the U.S. economy. NASA is preparing to land a rover on Mars. Vox explains how this high-stakes, complex mission is supposed to work.

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