Tag Archives: Deaths

New Wearable Device Could Help Prevent Overdose Deaths

Jan. 27, 2022 — It’s no secret {that a} specific public well being epidemic has solely gotten worse through the COVID-19 pandemic: drug overdose deaths. From May 2020 to April 2021, greater than 100,000 folks within the U.S. died from a drug overdose, in response to the CDC. About 64% of these deaths have been […]

U.S. Faces Wave of Omicron Deaths in Coming Weeks, Forecasts Say

Jan. 19, 2022 — COVID-19 deaths from the Omicron variant are climbing and can seemingly improve shortly within the upcoming weeks, in keeping with new forecasts. Based on nationwide forecasts, 50,000 to 300,000 extra Americans may die by the point the present wave subsides in March. “A lot of people are still going to die […]

Deaths Linked to High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Are Soaring

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The variety of American girls with continual hypertension who’re dying throughout and after being pregnant is up sharply, a brand new examine warns. Of 155 million births within the United States between 1979 and 2018, greater than 3,200 moms died of excessive blood pressure-related causes— a 15-fold rise […]

WHO Warns of 700,000 More COVID-19 Deaths in Europe by March

Nov. 24, 2021 — Countries throughout Europe are dealing with one other surge in coronavirus circumstances, which may result in one other 700,000 deaths by March 1 if present tendencies proceed, the WHO introduced on Tuesday. More than 1.5 million individuals have already died from COVID-19 within the 53 international locations that make up the […]

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020 Total

Nov. 22, 2021 — The variety of COVID-19 deaths recorded up to now in 2021 has surpassed the whole for 2020, in accordance with the most recent knowledge from Johns Hopkins University. Overall, greater than 771,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported within the U.S. throughout the pandemic. About 385,000 had been reported in 2020, in […]