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Epidemiology

US Excess Deaths Continued to Rise Even After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Erin Johnston
Featured

Student Receives 2025 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship

overdose.

New York Times

As Scotland’s ‘Trainspotting’ Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Jeffrey Samet, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: opioids, overdose, substance use disorder

HR Dive

Workplace Injuries May Drive Rise in Overdose Deaths and Suicides

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Leslie Boden, professor of environmental health

Tagged: chronic pain, opioids, overdose, substance use disorder, suicide, workplace injuries

Axios

In Shadow of Opioids, a Sedative Epidemic Is Taking Root

in Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Article co-authored by Nambi Ndugga and Elsa Pearson, policy analysts in health law, policy & management, and Melissa Garrido, research associate professor of health law, policy & management

Tagged: benzodiazepines, overdose

NPR

Seizures of Methamphetamine Are Surging in the US

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Traci Green, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: drugs, overdose, substance use, substance use disorder

WBUR

Seizures of Methamphetamine Are Surging in the US

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Traci Green, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: drugs, overdose, substance use, substance use disorder

Vermont Public Radio

Seizures of Methamphetamine Are Surging in the US

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Traci Green, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: drugs, overdose, substance use, substance use disorder

KUNC

Seizures of Methamphetamine Are Surging in the US

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Traci Green, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: drugs, overdose, substance use, substance use disorder

Buzzfeed News

Weird New Kinds of Cocaine Could Start a “Hidden Epidemic” of Health Threats

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Traci Green, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: drugs, overdose, substance use

MarketWatch

Alarming Research Shows That Serious Workplace Injuries May Increase the Risk of Suicide and Drug Overdose Deaths

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Leslie Boden, professor of environmental health

Tagged: opioids, overdose, substance use disorder, suicide, workplace injuries

News-Medical

Injuries Leading to at Least a Week Off of Work Increases Suicide Risk

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Leslie Boden, professor of environmental health

Tagged: opioids, overdose, substance use disorder, suicide, workplace injuries

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