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                                                    <title><![CDATA[Harvard Health Posts by Numa Perez, MD Feed]]></title>
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                                <subtitle>Harvard Health Blog: You'll find posts from Harvard Medical School physicians and our editors on a variety of health news and issues.</subtitle>
                                                    <updated>2022-03-31T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Life expectancy: How can we address uneven declines?]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Numa Perez, MD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic helped lower life expectancy among all individuals in the US, and this impact has been worse in communities of color. Longstanding systemic failings lead to worse quality of life and poorer health in these communities, but we can all take steps to improve this situation.]]>
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                        <updated>2022-03-31T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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