Opioid overdoses in Michigan: Changes since COVID-19 arrived (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Opioid overdoses in Michigan: Changes since COVID-19 arrived

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Two maps created using a real-time surveillance system for opioid overdoses in Michigan show the change in use of naloxone "rescue" medication by EMS between March and September of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, and changes in suspected opioid overdose deaths between the same periods.

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