Deaths from a drug overdose in American women during pregnancy have increased by 81%
Emilie Bruzelius, MPH, and Silvia S. Martins, MD, Ph.D., both of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, reported their findings in JAMA. Researchers found that drug overdose mortality in pregnancy or the postpartum period substantially rose in the United States in recent years, peaking around the onset of the COVID-19 […]