african-american or indigenous women in this country. every woman deserves the rate to the highest level quality healthcare possible. president andth ceo of the march of dimes, stacy stewart, dr. richard besser, thank you for coming on, on these two issues.es one more difficult reality of the pandemic, the cdc confirmed what many feared, the number of people died from overdose hit a record in 2020 as the opioid crisis was made worse by the pandemic. reporter: overdose deaths have been rising for years, but you can see the increase that coincides with covid. data shows from december 20 noon to december 2020 overdose rose nearly 23%. that s 93,331 deaths last year.