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Attendees practice administering Narcan during an overdose education and Narcan training class at the Onala Recovery Center on the South Shore of Pittsburgh on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

CDC says drug overdoses leveled off in 2022 as U.S. mortality rate fell

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

FILE - Maureen Reid, left, and her guide dog, Gaston, cross the intersection of Wood Street and Roosevelt Avenue with Sandy Murillo, center, and Geovanni Bahena, relying on an audible signal for the blind, on April 26, 2023, in Chicago. The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough on what amounts to a major overhaul in how disabilities would be defined by the federal government. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)

Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like it

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

A couple holds hands as they gather for the Gay Pride rally Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Mania, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

LGBT young adults report greater mental distress in pandemic: Census

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant Steve Gaskins walks near the peak at the southbound lanes of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Fla. where the new suicide prevention barrier has been completed. For decades, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge has been one of Tampa Bay’s most iconic landmarks. But the 190 foot-high peak has also drawn hundreds of people wanting to take their own life. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP) **FILE**

U.S. suicide rate rose in 2021 after 2 years of decline, CDC reports

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This is a display of Alimov Vodka, from Russia, in a Total Wine and More store in University Park, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. In escalating the U.S. drive to squeeze Russia's economy, President Joe Biden moved Friday, March 11, with European and other key allies, to revoke Moscow’s “most favored nation” trade status. His administration also banned imports of Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Alcohol-related deaths spiked in 2020 pandemic lockdown, study shows

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

FIn this Wednesday, March 10, 2021, file photo, a couple walks through a park at sunset in Kansas City, Mo. According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II. Worse, the decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was a staggering three years. The decrease is due mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic, which health officials say is responsible for close to 74% of the overall life expectancy decline. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

U.S. life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since World War II

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

This Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 photo shows Delbarton, W.Va.The state eclipses most others in the percentage of people affected by diabetes, heart disease and obesity. It has had the nation's highest rate of drug overdose deaths for years running. It also has the highest obesity rate and the highest rates of diabetes and high blood pressure. Adding to those woes is the highest suicide rate among states east of the Mississippi River. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)

AP analysis: Unemployment, income affect life expectancy

By NICKY FORSTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, speaks during a hearing on the nomination of Charles Rettig for Internal Revenue Service Commissioner on Capitol Hill in Washington. Low-income people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid are much more likely to forgo needed medical care than the poor in other states, according to a government report due out Monday, Oct. 15, amid election debates from Georgia to Utah over coverage for the needy. “States around the country have an opportunity to expand Medicaid to more people; these findings help show why it’s a winning proposition for states and the millions of Americans currently left out,” said Wyden, who requested the analysis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Study: Without Medicaid expansion, poor forgo medical care

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Report: Some Oklahoma communities have short life expectancy

By JUSTIN WINGERTER - Associated Press

Data: Oklahoma’s teen birth rate still second-highest in US

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Dr. Shelley Korones listens to an infant's heart in the NICU at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. (Associated Press)

U.S. fertility rate on rise, as teen birthrate declines

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Gov. Phil Bryant walks past one of several new posters that will be distributed statewide to schools calling to mind the responsibilities of being a teen parent, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, during the First Annual Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Summit in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ** FILE **

Fewer men having their first child out of wedlock: study

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Maria Iozia, of the Queens borough of New York, holds her newborn son, Dio Anthony Flores, as she poses for a photograph in the maternity ward at North Shore University Forest Hills Hospital in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, June 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Maternity ward rush hours? Hospitals report most births from 8 am-1 pm

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

The birth control pill remains the most common method of female contraception in the U.S. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Contraceptive use remains level for U.S. women

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Singer and songwriter Mariah Carey holds her daughter Monroe Cannon on stage during the 2013 National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at the Ellipse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Less rush to motherhood: Delayed childbirth trend can reshape population

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

A baby is fed by her mother at the teen pregnancy program offered at the Upper Cordoza Clinic in Washington in 2003. (The Washington Times/File)

Pregnancies decline overall, up among older women

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

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50 million U.S. whites obese; Asian-Americans most fit

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

**FILE** Brittany Deen kisses her son, Elliot, who, along with his brothers Sidney (left) and Jenson, are held by the their father, Jason Deen at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2012. The trio, born Nov. 8, are believed to be the heaviest triplets in the world with a combined weight of 20 pounds at birth. (Associated Press)

Birthrate continues to decline in the U.S.

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

A baby is fed by her mother at the teen pregnancy program offered at the Upper Cordoza Clinic in Washington in 2003. (The Washington Times/File)

Number of teens having babies down significantly

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Fourteen-week-old Melinda Star Guido holds her mother's little finger while lying in an incubator at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Birthrates among all teens fall to record lows

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