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CDC reports dramatic change in major public health crisis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that drug overdose deaths have decline by nearly 27% in 2024. The ...
Kennedy said a ‘team’ is in Milwaukee to help with lead contamination. The city says that’s not true
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its ...
Drug overdose deaths plummet to pre-pandemic levels during fentanyl crisis
Prof. Robert Valuck, who runs the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Colorado School of ...
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TB in prisons is a public health issue
Overcrowding, poor ventilation, malnutrition, and high HIV prevalence have created a perfect breeding area for TB ...
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Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US overdose deaths
Deaths fell in every state except Nevada and South Dakota, with some of the steepest declines recorded in hard-hit states like Ohio and West Virginia. Nationally, deaths linked to fentanyl and other ...
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Overdose deaths rise in South Dakota, defy U.S. trend
A recent report finds drug overdose deaths across all 50 states could reach its lowest level since 2019, but South Dakota is ...
CDC reports 27% decline in overdose deaths last year
The CDC has been collecting comparable data for 45 years. The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018, according to the ...
Map shows states with sharpest drops in drug overdose deaths
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply in 2024, with new government data showing the steepest year-over-year decline ...
Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a hearing Tuesday faced tough questions from Senate ...