The monthly opioid overdose death (ODD) rate fell by 30% in Pennsylvania counties that implemented a novel community-focused strategy .
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The remains may date to the 1890s and were discovered near the Fishing Village, a site of ongoing archaeological research on the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Heritage Preserve, following Hurricane Irma in 2017.
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A new paper in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse shows a 9% increase in substance use numbers when hair analysis results are added to self-reporting results.
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DNA reference testing of Gary’s half-sister ultimately confirmed that Spencer Island Doe was Gary Lee Haynie, who was about 29 years old when he went missing.
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Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy revealed that the remains found in 2021 were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Investigators recovered an almost-complete skeleton of a female individual and several distinct articles of clothing associated with the remains.
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On any given day last year, researchers from Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Scientific Support Services could be seen running at work, repeatedly turning around in one spot, kicking doors and causing general mayhem. But the researchers weren’t upset.
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In May 2021, the Washington County District Attorney's Office Cold Case Unit partnered with the Washington County Sheriff's Office to continue the investigation into the death of Deborah.
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A young woman who died in 1891 in Sanford, Maine has been identified as Edith Patten. Her coffin and remains had been left behind after the city relocated the rest of the graves.
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The unknown man, found in an apartment parking lot in Lexington, Kentucky, has now been identified as 40-year-old Jimmy Lawrence Medlock.
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