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US deaths fell this year, but not to pre-COVID levels NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data — through the first 11 months of the year — indicates 2022 will see fewer deaths than the previous two COVID-19 pandemic years. AP NEWS

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If the decline does hold, it will still be a far cry from where the nation was before the coronavirus appeared. This year’s count is likely to end up at least 13% higher than what it was in 2019.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: After two years of Covid-19 vaccines, here's why they're still vital | CNN In the United States, approximately 658 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered since they were first distributed exactly two years ago Wednesday. Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN

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Vaccine fatigue is leaving the US vulnerable to flu | CNN The flu season ramped up early in the United States this year, but vaccination rates are far from keeping pace. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Covid-19 vaccines have saved more than 3 million lives in US, study says, but the fight isn't over | CNN The Covid-19 vaccines have kept more than 18.5 million people in the US out of the hospital and saved more than 3.2 million lives, a new study says -- and that estimate is most likely a conservative one, the researchers say. Jen Christensen CNN

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Their study, published Tuesday, found that without Covid-19 vaccines, the nation would have had 1.5 times more infections, 3.8 times more hospitalizations and 4.1 times more deaths than it did between December 2020 and November 2022.

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