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Overdose deaths in pregnant, postpartum women tripled in as many years: NIH
The Hill via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOverdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women nearly tripled between 2018 and 2021, according...
Pandemic saw record drug deaths among pregnant women
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance In 2020, a record number of pregnant or postpartum women died from drug overdoses in the United States. Although these rates had been...
Drug deaths among pregnant women hit a record high
The Today Show via AOL· 2 years agoThe number of pregnant women and new mothers dying from drug overdoses grew dramatically as the pandemic took hold, reaching a record high in 2020, a new...
Why Are Women Dying From Opioid Overdoses At Unprecedented Rates?
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe opioid epidemic for women has been steadily snowballing for years. Overdose deaths have been...
Drug overdose deaths have devastating impact on friends, relatives, study finds
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA RAND Corp. study found some 125 million American adults know at least one person who died by...
Opioid overdose deaths in Mass. declined 10 percent In 2023
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMassachusetts recorded a significant drop in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023, forging a...
Life expectancy gap between men and women in the US widened significantly during the Covid-19...
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWomen in the United States can expect to live nearly six years longer than men, as disparities in...
Fentanyl-related overdoses grow tenfold from 2019; Travis County leaders work to find solutions
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFentanyl-related overdoses, for the second year in a row, are the leading cause of accidental deaths...
'Massive impact': Group that fights Worcester's overdose crisis says it was hit with funding cut
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWORCESTER – At a time when drug overdose deaths are rising at an alarming rate in Worcester, a...
Northern California woman faces murder charge after Yuba City man’s fentanyl overdose
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA 27-year-old Sutter County woman has been arrested and faces a murder charge after being accused of...