A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the
    • Drusas@kbin.social
      11·
      8 months ago

      By age group, COVID-19 ranked seventh (infants), seventh (1–4 year olds), sixth (5–9 year olds), sixth (10–14 year olds), and fifth (15–19 year olds).

      Pretty significant.

      • livus@kbin.social
        12·
        8 months ago

        I didn’t; anything in the top 10 is “leading”, to me. And when you strip away accidents and assault/homicide it gets higher:

        fifth among all disease-related causes of death; and first in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases.