COVID-19 Drops to 4th-leading Cause of US Death in 2022

COVID-19 was the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, and the overall U.S. death rate fell 5.3%. COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020 and 2021, the first …