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COVID-19 poses plenty of direct threats to Americans' health. But with economic hardships mounting, the coronavirus also might be posing an indirect threat — through shrinking paychecks. Recent research has linked sharp changes in income with subsequent health problems. A 2019 study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, for example, found the risk of having or dying from a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease more than doubled in young adults with multiple income drops over a 15-year period compared to those with steady paychecks.
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