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

Erin Johnston
Global Health

Student Receives 2025 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship

overdose.

WPRI

Study: Nearly 6% of Bristol County, Mass. Residents Addicted to Opioids

in Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Laura White, associate professor of biostatistics, and Jeffrey Samet, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, overdose

HealthDay

In Massachusetts, Almost 1 in 20 Adults and Older Kids Abuse Opioids

in Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Laura White, associate professor of biostatistics, and Jeffrey Samet, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, overdose

Science Daily

Study: 4.6 Percent of Massachusetts Residents Have Opioid Use Disorder

in Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Laura White, associate professor of biostatistics, and Jeffrey Samet, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, opioids, overdose

Boston Globe

Study Links Opioid Deaths to Workplace Injuries

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Leslie Boden, professor of environmental health

Tagged: opioids, overdose, workplace injuries

NPR

After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent the Next One

in Biostatistics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Na Wang, statistical analyst in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, and Ziming Xuan, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: addiction, addiction treatment, opioids, overdose

Ashbury Park Press

NJ Drug Deaths Continue to Soar as National Numbers Decline

in Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Mentions David Rosenbloom, professor of health law, policy & management

Tagged: overdose

Buzzfeed News

Cocaine Deaths Are Rising at an Alarming Rate, and It’s Because of Fentanyl

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Richard Saitz, professor of community health sciences

Tagged: drugs, overdose

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