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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

Polarization In US Politics and divided America political symbol for government dysfunction in the United States as a two party system election.

healthcare disparities

Excluding Partisanship Questions from Public Health Surveys ‘Limits Our Capacity for Advancing Population Health and Health Equity’

June 4, 2024

More than friendship between two women. Multicultural love without boundaries.

sexual orientation

Majority of Youth Are Willing to Answer Questions About Their Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

May 31, 2024

Merrimack River. Credit: Merrimack River Watershed Council

environmental chemicals

Sewage Overflows Linked to Increase in Gastrointestinal Illnesses

May 23, 2024

A commercial plane flying over a residential area in the afternoon

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Airplane Noise Exposure May Increase Risk of Chronic Disease

May 23, 2024

Packages of Wegovy

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Professor Receives Grant to Study Effectiveness of GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs

May 17, 2024

Professor and students in lecture hall

LGBTQIA+ health

‘Out’ LGBTQ+ Faculty Help Students Feel Seen and Accepted

May 4, 2024

Curious cow looking to the camera at cattle farm.

Global Health

What We Know—and Don’t Know—About H5N1 Bird Flu

April 26, 2024

Defocused evening street. Lights of city, cars on rainy night. Road in soft focus.

alcohol industry

Reducing Late-Night Alcohol Sales Curbed Violent Crimes by 23% Per Year in a Baltimore Neighborhood

April 1, 2024

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

racial disparities

Job Flexibility and Security Promotes Better Mental Health

March 29, 2024