Gostin, Lawrence O.; Hodge, James G.; Levin, Donna - 2020
In a 2019 report by Woolf and Schoomaker, average life expectancy in the U.S. was revealed to be in decline from 2014-2017, a trend which the COVID-19 pandemic is anticipated to exacerbate in 2020. As we assess in this commentary, concerted actions to address these declines are highly warranted....