Overdose Deaths up 81% in Pregnant, Postpartum Women
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Drug overdose deaths in pregnant and postpartum women rose by about 81% from 2017 to 2020, researchers report in a  JAMA research letter published online Dec. 6.Pregnancy-associated overdose deaths were highest in 2020 as the COVID pandemic began, according to the researchers, Emilie Bruzelius, MPH, and Silvia S. Martins, MD, PHD, with the department of epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health in New York.
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