Opioid overdoses are killing more Black Philadelphians, but fewer white residents
Statistics on fatal opioid overdoses in Philadelphia show that Black residents are dying at increasing rates during the coronavirus pandemic.
An American Epidemic
Statistics on fatal opioid overdoses in Philadelphia show that Black residents are dying at increasing rates during the coronavirus pandemic.
… their efforts to stem the overdoses and deaths has, at best, just held the line. … It would allow users of opioid-laced drugs to come out of the shadows …
Less than two weeks earlier, a rash of overdoses and one death were reported in Lake County where a test of the capsules also pointed to the …
The total number of fatal overdoses (45) decreased by 18.2%. From March through July, when many of the more restrictive COVID-19 measures were in …
In 2020, Ottawa County had a total of 40 nonfatal overdoses and seven overdose deaths over the course of the year, according to statistics collected …
Beth Han, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues examined drug overdose deaths involving …
Ontario is reporting 2,662 new cases of COVID-19 today and 87 more deaths related to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 779 …
During those incidents, officers administered 50 vials of naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, said Hines. Hines maintains the …
Two people accused of supplying heroin or fentanyl or both, leading to two fatal overdoses, were indicted on charges of first-degree murder by a …
For those under 45, other causes of death, such as drug overdoses, suicide, transport accidents, cancer, and homicide exceeded those from COVID-19.