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New Study Finds Opioids Are the Most Common Source of Fatal Poisonings in Young Children

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Opioids have become the most common source of poisoning deaths in children 5 years and younger. That’s according to a new national study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. WHYY’s Nicole Leonard has more.

(Original air-date: 3/23/23)

Nicole Leonard is a health and science reporter for WHYY News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 after covering health care for Connecticut Public Radio. Before that, she was the health reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.