Tue, 21-Oct-2025

U.S. sees record high of overdose deaths amid pandemic: NYT

US COVID-19 pandemic deaths

NEW YORK: More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the yearlong period ending in April, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing provisional figures from the National Center for Health Statistics. It is for the first time the number of overdose deaths in the United States has surpassed 100,000 a year after increasing … Read more