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Child Gun Injury Risk Spikes When Children Leave School for the Day

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Playing the Long Game: A Conversation on Policy, Power, and Justice with Alum Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos

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Polysubstance Involvement in Youth Opioid Overdoses Increases with Age

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Majority of Medicaid Managed Care Plans Cover Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Naloxone

June 27, 2025
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Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Are Driving the Increase in US Excess Mortality—and Adults Without College Degrees Are Bearing Most of the Burden

June 13, 2025
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Cannabis Use Disorder Is Increasing Rapidly, Especially Among Older Adults and People Living With HIV

May 21, 2025
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Young Adults Are Dying Earlier Than Expected

February 13, 2025
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."
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One-third of US Adults Know Someone Who Has Died from Drug Overdose

June 6, 2024
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alcohol/substance use

Heavy Alcohol, Drug Use Linked to Increased Risk of Falls among People with HIV

February 16, 2024
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Alum Directs First State-Funded Hotline to Prevent Fatal Overdoses

February 3, 2024
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antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Antibiotic Misuse in India Could Exacerbate Drug Resistance

October 28, 2022
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Brief Interventions in Doctor’s Offices Can Reduce Drinking by One Day Per Month

October 14, 2021

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