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

Activists gather during a vigil in Lafayette Park for nurses who died during the COVID-19 pandemic on January 13, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

For the first time since 2020, COVID is not one of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S.

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