Drug overdose deaths escalated in 2016, as the nation has struggled with one of the worse public health crises in U.S. history – the opioid epidemic. Last year about 64,000 died from a drug overdose, that is bigger than the number of people killed in car accidents, according to the CDC.
Researchers are working on solutions to the epidemic, including scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health. Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the NIH, spoke with me for WebMD about their work.
