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US drug overdose deaths rapidly decelerated beginning in August 2023, though the trend was not uniform not consistent across drug types.

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Medical knowledge is not enough to guard surgeons from premature death, data suggest. Surgeons need further support to protect their own health.

From 2003 to 2023, death rates from falls rose more than 70% for adults ages 65 to 74, the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

US death rates from cancer continued to decline from 2014 to 2018, driven mostly by drops in deaths from lung cancer and melanoma, according to a new report published July 8.