Life expectancy lowest since 1996 because of COVID, overdoses: CDC
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Life expectancy lowest since 1996 because of COVID, overdoses: CDC

Life expectancy in the United States is at its shortest since 1996, dragged down by an increase in COVID and drug overdose deaths, according to federal data. Coronavirus caused the third-most deaths in the US in 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, with only heart disease…

Florida cop treated for overdose after exposure to fentanyl
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Florida cop treated for overdose after exposure to fentanyl

A Florida police officer was given three doses of Narcan after she was exposed to fentanyl and reportedly overdosed during a traffic stop Tuesday. Shocking video shows the moment Tavares Officer Courtney Bannick was administered the opioid overdose-reversing drug as she lay motionless on the side of a road just…