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Latina mother holding young infant

infant mortality

Paid Parental Leave and Infectious Disease Risk Among Infants

August 28, 2024

A photo of Makayla Cox, who died of a fentanyl overdose at age 16, is displayed among other portraits on "The Faces of Fentanyl" wall, which displays photos of Americans who died from a fentanyl overdose, at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on July 13, 2022. - America's opioid crisis has reached catastrophic proportions, with over 80,000 people dying of opioid overdoses last year, most of them due to illicit synthetics such as fentanyl -- more than seven times the number a decade ago. "This is the most dangerous epidemic that weve seen," said Ray Donovan, chief of operations at the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). "Fentanyl is not like any other illicit narcotic, its that deadly instantaneously."

overdose prevention

One-third of US Adults Know Someone Who Has Died from Drug Overdose

June 6, 2024

Male Worker Wearing Safety Vest Loads Cardboard Boxes into Delivery Truck, Rests. Dramatic Shot

healthcare disparities

Job Flexibility and Security Promotes Better Mental Health

March 29, 2024

Thousands of small white flags planted in the grass with the Washington Monument in the background

covid-19

New Analysis Reveals Many Excess Deaths Attributed to Natural Causes Are Actually Uncounted COVID-19 Deaths

February 6, 2024

Young couple holding hands viewing ultrasound of baby

covid-19

COVID Vaccination in Female, Male Partners Does Not Increase Risk of Miscarriage

October 28, 2023

Hand of young supportive man consoling his friend with post traumatic syndrome

COVID-19

Food Insecurity, Job Loss Contributed Substantially to Worldwide Mental Health Decline during COVID

October 20, 2023

Screenshot of Michael Che on SNL's Weekend Update with a photo of a puppy that reads "Owners question rabies vaccine"

SPH In the Media

SPH Research Featured on SNL… Again!

October 20, 2023

Blue graph related to disease outbreak

pandemic preparedness

Professors Receive CDC Grant for Infectious Disease Predictive Modeling Project

September 22, 2023

Nurse places hand on elderly man's shoulder

alzheimer’s/dementia

After 2020 Increase, Excess Mortality among People with Dementia Drops in Year 2 of COVID

September 8, 2023

Rhodesian ridgeback puppy second vaccination in vet clinic

vaccines

Nearly Half of Dog Owners Are Hesitant to Vaccinate Their Pets

August 31, 2023