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Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why

  • Written by Kaylin Klie, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason whyOverdose is the leading cause of death in postpartum women in Colorado and nationally.Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Colorado, from 2016 to 2020, 33 women who were pregnant or had recently given birth died from accidental overdoses. That’s more than died from traditional obstetric complications like infection,...

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