The government’s highway safety agency says U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year ByThe Associated Press June 3, 2021, 10:12 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article DETROIT — U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to… Read More: US traffic deaths up 7% last year, highest number since… »
According to experts, difficulties in accessing mental healthcare could be linked to excess deaths due to drug overdoses during the pandemic. On Monday, the Bipartisan Policy Center and the polling firm Morning Consult released a survey of 2,200 adults that found many faced significant barriers in accessing mental healthcare. This follows a newly released study… Read More: Overdose deaths during pandemic may be linked to mental healthcare… »
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Last year, deaths rose from March onwards and were mostly related to long-term drinking problems. BBC News – Health
As the global death toll from the coronavirus approaches 1 million people, the World Health Organization said Friday that it’s “not impossible” that number could double if countries don’t uniformly work to suppress the virus’ spread. “It’s certainly unimaginable, but it’s not impossible, because if we look at losing 1 million people in nine months… Read More: WHO says 2 million coronavirus deaths is ‘not impossible’ as… »