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Opinion | Trump’s vaccine campaign pledge is worse than it sounds
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 28 minutes agoDonald Trump’s rally speeches have slammed vaccine mandates, and not just for Covid. What if Measles...
North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
Associated Press· 20 minutes agoRepublican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era...
Overdose deaths in 2023 fell for the first time since the pandemic
Axios· 6 hours agoDeadly drug overdoses in the United States declined last year for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, new preliminary federal data show. The big picture: It's ...
Drowning deaths surged during the pandemic — and it was worse among Black people, CDC reports
CBS News· 1 day agoThe nationwide surge in accidental drowning deaths early during the COVID-19 pandemic was...
Despite its 'nothingburger' reputation, COVID-19 remains deadlier than the flu
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoNow the same researchers have analyzed data for the the fall and winter of 2023 and 2024. Dr. Ziyad...
US drug overdose deaths decreased in 2023 for the first time in five years
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAfter a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in...
NC Senate passes bill restoring mask restrictions
WNCN via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoReferencing the recent protests, he said, “There’s a whole crowd of people running around out there taking advantage of this mask hangover from the ...
Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws To Duck Wrongful Death Suits
The Weatherford Democrat· 6 hours agoIn early 2020, with reports of covid-19 outbreaks making dire headlines, Trever Schapers worried...
Drug overdoses spiked in these states. But they have dropped elsewhere in the country.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 hours ago"There was a big increase during the pandemic, because people were scared and traumatized and out of work," Sharfstein said. "That is resolving, so that that is helping overdoses ...
These Tampa health experts are keeping mothers alive amid climbing death rates. Here's how.
WTSP-TV Tampa· 7 hours agoThe number of mothers dying during pregnancy, or shortly after giving birth, has again reached pre-...