Pandemic saw record drug deaths among pregnant women

Drug Deaths In Pregnancy And Among New Mothers Soared During Covid

A study shows the numbers hit a record high in 2020. Meanwhile, News 4 Jax reports that doctors are finding it increasingly hard to reverse the effects of a fentanyl overdose due to the evolution of new, more powerful strands of the drug.

Drug overdose deaths reach a record high among pregnant and postpartum women, study reveals

Drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women increased more than 180 percent in the past five years, according to a new study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Drug deaths among pregnant women and new mothers hit a record high during the pandemic

The number of pregnant women and new mothers dying from drug overdoses grew dramatically as the pandemic took hold, reaching a record high in 2020, a new study

Drug deaths among pregnant women and mothers increase

Una investigación publicada el martes en la revista médica JAMA determinó que la cantidad de mujeres embarazadas y madres primerizas que murieron por sobredosis de drogas incrementó en 2020 durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Estados Unidos. El estudio muestra cómo el abuso de sustancias está perjudicando a las mujeres embarazadas que tienen menos probabilidades de buscar o recibir ayuda médica que trate la dependencia de los opioides y otras dro…

Pandemic saw record drug deaths among pregnant women

Drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women spiked by 81 percent between 2017 and 2020 and mirrored a similar rise among women of childbearing age overall.

Drug overdose deaths among pregnant, postpartum women increased: Study

A new study has revealed that Drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women increased more than 180 per cent in the past five years.