Life expectancy in California still hasn't rebounded since the pandemic
- Posted on July 10, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Life expectancy in California still hasn't rebounded since the pandemic

A new study released in JAMA finds life expectancy has still not bounced back from pre-pandemic 2019 levels, attributing the remaining gap to drug overdoses and cardiovascular diseases and hitting low-income and minority populations in the state the hardest.