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A close-up of the hands of Charles Norman Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation and a World War II veteran, holding a picture of his mother Florence. Photo taken in Bretteville l'Orgueilleuse, France, on May 18, 2019.

The Disturbing Details Behind a Dip in U.S. Life Expectancy

by Mary Brophy Marcus

A deep drop among American Indian and Alaska Native peoples is linked to policy failures that predate the pandemic