The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the opioid epidemic, according to our new research, which finds that opioid overdoses increased in Pennsylvania in 2020 compared with 2018 and 2019.
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The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the opioid epidemic, according to our new research, which finds that opioid overdoses increased in Pennsylvania in 2020 compared with 2018 and 2019.
According to the CDC, 3 Pennsylvania counties are most at risk for HIV and Hepatitis C outbreaks (out of 220 of the most at risk United States counties) as a result of the opioid epidemic.
Through this settlement, Pennsylvania will receive $1.07 billion in funds beginning as early as this month.
People in Pennsylvania are living longer, but some health problems have become more prevalent over the past decade.