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COVID-19, overdoses pushed U.S. to highest death total ever

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Emergency medical technician Thomas Hoang, left, of Emergency Ambulance Service, and paramedic Trenton Amaro prepared to unload a COVID-19 patient from an ambulance in Placentia, Calif., in January 2021. 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.

NEW YORK >> 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.