Story tip from Johns Hopkins expert on Covid-19

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In a study that looked at suicide deaths during 2020's first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that, contrary to general predictions of suicides skyrocketing, suicides in the overall population actually dropped, relative to previous years. However, the researchers also discovered that suicide deaths increased dramatically among Black Marylanders during the same period.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news