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Drug overdoses set to drop to lowest levels since 2020: CDC

The Hill

drug overdose deaths are on pace to fall to the lowest levels since 2020, according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a hopeful milestone amid efforts to stem the epidemic.

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Inside RFK Jr.'s nonprofit's legal battles over vaccines and public health

NPR Health

The nonprofit Children's Health Defense that Kennedy led has filed nearly 30 federal and state lawsuits since 2020, many challenging vaccines and public health mandates. Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

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Traces of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill still detectable in 2020

Frontiers

By collecting and analyzing environmental samples from the water, seafloor, and surrounding shorelines in numerous response studies, they followed the persistence and chemical transformations that occurred in the following months and years, up through 2020. Selling the articles is not allowed.

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Alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. more than double from 1999 to 2020

Science Daily - Public Health

nearly doubled from 1999 to 2020. Alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. The sharpest spike occurred among 25- to 34-year-olds (nearly fourfold), while individuals aged 55 to 64 had the highest rates. Men consistently had higher rates but women saw the largest proportional rise, with deaths increasing 2.5

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First comprehensive look at effects of 2020-2021 California megafires on terrestrial wildlife habitat

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In 2020 and 2021, California experienced fire activity unlike anything recorded in the modern record. When the smoke cleared, the amount of burned forest totaled ten times more than the annual average going back to the late 1800s. We know that wildlife in western forests evolved with changing habitat and disturbances like wildfire.

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Obesity-related heart disease deaths rise sharply in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020

News Medical Health Sciences

between 1999 and 2020, especially among middle-aged men, Black adults, residents of Midwestern states and non-metropolitan areas, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2024. Heart disease deaths related to obesity increased by 180% in the U.S.

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Transboundary Movement of Yezo Virus via Ticks on Migratory Birds, Japan, 2020–2021

Preventing Chronic Disease

Transboundary Movement of Yezo Virus, Japan

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