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- A person is silhouetted against the sky at sunset at Papago Park in Phoenix on Thursday, March 2, 2023. The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, government researchers said Thursday, June 15. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Wed,06/14/23-4:56PM , 299 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, government researchers said Thursday.
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- A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. U.S. births were flat in 2022, as the nation continues to see fewer babies born than before the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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US births in 2022 didn't return to pre-pandemic levels
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Wed,05/31/23-4:13PM , 638 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
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- This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows mpox particles, red, found within an infected cell, blue, cultured in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. A study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, May 25, 2023, suggests dozens of U.S. cities are at risk for mpox outbreaks this summer. Health officials say they are working to prevent the scale of infections that surprised the nation the previous summer. (NIAID via AP, File)
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Mpox is down, but US cities could be at risk for summertime outbreaks
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Thu,05/25/23-12:12PM , 483 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreaks.
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- Forensic assistant Laurentiu Bigu, left, and investigator Ryan Parraz from the Los Angeles County coroner's office cover the body of a homeless man found dead on a sidewalk in Los Angeles on April 18, 2022. The 60-year-old man died from the effects of methamphetamine, according to his autopsy report. Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly in 2022 after two big leaps during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Drug overdoses in the US slightly increased last year. But experts see hopeful signs
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Wed,05/17/23-10:15AM , 597 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic.
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