A new report released by the UN says that AIDS deaths are down a third since 2010 According to the UN, HIV-related deaths, last year fell to around 770,000, which is 33% less than in 2010. The AIDS-related deaths in Africa, the continent most affected by the epidemic, has plummeted this decade. However, Eastern Europe has… Read More: AIDS deaths are down since 2010 according to UN »
The coroner for Northern Ireland has called the rising number of deaths linked to fake versions of the anti-anxiety drug, Xanax, “an escalating crisis”. Joe McCrisken says he is signing off an alprazolam-related death nearly once a week. He says “most of the deaths” are caused by counterfeit versions of Xanax, the brand name for… Read More: Fake Xanax: Anxiety drug deaths an 'escalating crisis' »
We’re in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S., and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has now surpassed heroin and oxycodone as the leading cause of overdose deaths. In 2016, fentanyl was involved in nearly 30 percent of drug overdose deaths, accounting for more than 18,300 deaths that year.1 It’s a sharp rise… Read More: Fentanyl Is Now the Leading Cause of All Overdose Deaths »