As Overdose Deaths Exploded During the Pandemic, Racial Disparities Widened, CDC Report Shows

July 19, 2022

(STAT News) – As U.S. overdose deaths soared to devastating new heights in the first year of the pandemic, racial disparities widened sharply, with rates spiking much more among Black people and American Indians and Alaska Natives than among white people, according to a federal report released Tuesday. (Read More)