This report provides a detailed summary of violent deaths in 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2020 using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System.
The FDA has proposed a rule that would ban doctors from prescribing opioids over telemedicine, which was set to go into effect May 11. But advocates for palliative care say the rule should not apply to those at the end of their lives, and 38,000 public comments later, the FDA has put off the rule indefinitely.