In 2024, COVID dropped from the list of top 10 causes of death in U.S.

Early data on deaths in 2024, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that COVID dropped from the list for the first time since the start of the pandemic. It became the third ... Read More

COVID Is on Track to Become the U.S.’s Leading Cause of Death—Yet Again

The day that Joe Biden takes the oath of office as president of the U.S. will also mark another, less auspicious milestone. It was on the same day a year earlier that the nation’s first known COVID ... Read More

COVID-19 no longer among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S.

For the first time since the pandemic began, COVID-19 dropped out of the top 10 causes of death in 2024, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics data shows. Read More

U.S. death rate drops to lowest level since 2020 with COVID no longer a leading cause

The death rate in the United States decline by 3.8% in 2024, falling to the lowest level since 2020, according to a federal report​. Read More

US Death Rate Falls As COVID Is No Longer A Leading Cause Of Death

T he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that COVID-19 is no longer among the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States, marking a significant change in the nation's ... Read More

COVID-19 no longer on the list of top 10 causes of deaths in US; Here's what's killing American people instead

In a positive turn, COVID-19 has fallen out of the top 10 causes of death in the US for the first time since 2020, with overall death rates declining. However, heart disease, cancer, and unintentional ... Read More

US death rate drops nearly 4% in 2024, COVID no longer leading cause of death: CDC

The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The overall rate ... Read More

COVID-19 drops to 10th leading cause of death in 2023

COVID-19 was the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, down from fourth place in 2022. Heart disease, cancer and unintentional ... Read More

Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic is 'over'

After President Joe Biden said the coronavirus pandemic was "over" in an interview Sunday, many people were left wondering how to reconcile his comment with the fact that the U.S. is still averaging ... Read More