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Increasing Overdose Death Rates are Highest Among Black, Indigenous Individuals
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a briefing this week to address the public health concern regarding historic rates of drug...
Overdose death rates increased significantly for Black, American Indian/Alaska Native people in 2020 | CDC Online Newsroom
In 2020, overdose death rates (number of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people) increased 44 percent for Black* people and 39 percent for America...
Notes from the Field: Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Among Hispanic or Latino Persons — Nevada, 2019–2020
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Opioid overdose death toll has risen more tha
The opioid overdose death toll has risen more than 5-fold among American Indian and Alaska Native communities over the past decade, finds one of th...
Health officials alarmed by increase in overdose deaths
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington health officials are urging the public to carry naloxone as drug-related overdose deaths climb statewide at an “alarming”...
Latinos experienced a 40% spike in drug overdose death rates: study
Latinos in the U.S. experienced a 40% spike in drug overdose death rates in 2020, according to a new study.
Why it matters: The large percentage i...
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