Experts baffled by mass bee deaths

The beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months. Bees are responsible for pollinating more than a third of the nation’s crops, and experts warn that …

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Drug overdose deaths finally decline.

TLDR: Drug overdose deaths dropped 12.7% in 12 months ending in May. Largest recorded reduction in overdose deaths, six consecutive months of decline. First time since 2021 overdose deaths fell below 100,000, at 98,820. Fentanyl has been a major driver …

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Anxiety Drug Deaths SOAR

Its generic pharmaceutical name is Pregabalin. Although you may know it by one of its brand names: there’s Alzain, Axalid and Lyrica. It’s a drug that’s prescribed for three very different reasons. As an anticonvulsant used to treat people with …

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Alcohol deaths double in Colorado

Data: Kaiser Family Foundation; Map: Axios Visuals While a spike in drug overdoses has captured most of the attention in Colorado, another killer is quietly striking. Driving the news: Alcohol-induced deaths more than doubled from 2009 to 2021, according to …

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