A 1-year-old died and three other children fell ill at a New York day care, and the authorities blamed opioids. Children are significantly more vulnerable to drugs because of their small bodies.
Tag: Deaths (Fatalities)
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Police Questioning Person in Suspected Opioid Death at Bronx Day Care
A 1-year-old boy died and three other children were hospitalized on Friday after showing signs of drug exposure at the day care, officials said.
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Maui Fire Death Toll Drops to 97 After Weeks of DNA Review
For more than three weeks, officials said 115 people had died in the wildfire that destroyed most of Lahaina. They announced on Friday that they had overstated the death toll.
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Hundreds of Libya Flood Victims Buried in Mass Graves
An aid worker said hundreds of bodies at a time were being placed in mass graves. Thousands died in the floods that hit the northeast of the country last weekend.
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Libya Floods: What We Know
More than 5,200 people were killed and another 20,000 were displaced after heavy rains caused two dams to break and unleash torrents of water into the coastal city of Derna. Officials are pleading for international aid.