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CDC reports dramatic change in major public health crisis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that drug overdose deaths have decline by nearly 27% in 2024. The ...
This city’s lead poisoning crisis should be a national scandal
For many months now, the city of Milwaukee has been grappling with a lead poisoning crisis that has forced at least four schools to temporarily close and dozens more to undergo rigorous inspections.
Drug overdose deaths plummet to pre-pandemic levels during fentanyl crisis
Provisional tallies from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics show there were slightly more than 80,000 overdose ...
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US overdose deaths fall sharply as opioid crisis sees marked improvement
US drug overdose deaths fell sharply in 2024 to hit their lowest level in five years, offering hope in the nation's ...
Map shows states with sharpest drops in drug overdose deaths
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply in 2024, with new government data showing the steepest year-over-year decline ...
US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC
Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States in 2024 to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new CDC ...
US Overdose Deaths Fall Steeply, Marking Progress In Opioid Crisis
US drug overdose deaths fell sharply in 2024 to hit their lowest level in five years, offering hope in the nation's ...
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Milwaukee struggles through growing lead crisis -- with federal help nowhere to be found
Kat Cisar and her six-year-old twins, who attend a Milwaukee school that was found to have hazardous lead in the building.