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Rates of deaths from drug overdoses among older adults have more than tripled in the past two decades, according to one report published Wednesday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. In 2020, more than 5,000 adults 65 and older in the United States died of a drug overdose.

Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic's impact on women and sexual and gender minorities.

A common stereotype for an "older adult" might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show.

A common stereotype for an “older adult” might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show. A new Northwestern Medicine