- Covid-19 poised to become third leading cause of death in US
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The US could see a decline of two to three years in life expectancy in 2020 due to the coronavirus, the steepest drop since the second world war with Covid-19 poised to become the third-leading cause of death in America, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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