New data from the Chicago Department of Public Health shows that Chicagoans’ life expectancy dropped almost two years on average in 2020. For Black and Latinx residents, life expectancy decreased by an even greater margin.

Reset learns more about Chicago’s plans to address the gap from Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, ACCESS Community Health Network CEO Donna Thompson and Ayesha Jaco, executive director at West Side United.

Producer: Claire Hyman, Lynnea Domienik, Daniel Tucker, Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons