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4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in this city: Officials

Headline from ABC 30 Fresno, on the newest of 2 developments

Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating an "outbreak" of drug overdoses with more than 50 suspected cases and at least four people dead.

ABC 30 Fresno's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Austin reports nearly 40 overdoses in one day, at least 4 dead

    Headline from BNO News ·

  2. Newest

    4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in this city: Officials

    Headline from ABC 30 Fresno ·

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Reports & sources

28 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Texas state capital seeing ‘unusually deadly’ string of suspected overdoses: 'New batch' of drugs (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Emergency personnel in Austin responded to a surge of "unusually deadly" drug overdoses on Tuesday, with more than 30 instances and four fatalities.

  2. BNO News

    Austin reports nearly 40 overdoses in one day, at least 4 dead (opens BNO News)

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    BNO News's feed description

    Police in Texas are investigating a series of opioid overdoses in Austin which has claimed the lives of at least four people, local officials say, warning drug users not to take unknown substances. Dozens were saved by paramedics. The incident began at around 9 a.m.

  3. ABC 30 Fresno

    4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in this city: Officials (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

    Published

    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating an "outbreak" of drug overdoses with more than 50 suspected cases and at least four people dead.

  4. Fox7 Austin

    Opioid overdose outbreak in Austin kills 8 people: ATCEMS (opens Fox7 Austin)

    Published

    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    Eight people are dead following a 27-hour-long opioid overdose outbreak in downtown Austin, Austin-Travis County EMS said.

  5. ABC 7 Chicago

    4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in Texas: Officials (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

    Published

    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating an "outbreak" of drug overdoses with more than 50 suspected cases and at least four people dead.

  6. NBC News

    'Outbreak' of opioid overdoses in Austin, Texas, linked to 8 deaths and over 50 emergency calls (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Police in Austin, Texas, said they responded to an "outbreak" of over 50 opioid-related overdose calls between Monday and Tuesday morning that's been linked to as many as eight deaths.

  7. KRDO

    ‘Deadly batch’ of opioids suspected in a sudden outbreak of overdoses in Austin, Texas (opens KRDO)

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    CNN's feed description

    Austin police are investigating a sudden surge in suspected opioid overdoses in the Texas capital, with dozens of reported cases in just two days this week.

  8. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    At least 9 dead, dozens treated in Texas capital after unusual spike in overdoses (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Authorities in Texas are investigating at least nine deaths this week in connection with an unusual spike of opioid overdoses in Austin that health officials are calling the city's worst overdose outbreak in nearly a decade.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.