The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths, and new research suggests drinking didn’t stop as things returned to normal.

The rise in heavy drinking was most notable among adults in their 40s, where 8.23% reported heavy drinking in 2022, an increase from 6.49% in 2020 and 5.14% in 2018.

A surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has not tapered off the way Dr. Brian Lee, a transplant hepatologist at the University ...

The study found that self-reported depressive episodes and suicide plans were a significant contributor to a rise in impaired ...

A surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has not tapered off the way Dr. Brian Lee, a transplant hepatologist at the University ...

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found increases in impaired-driving deaths during the ...

Pandemic drinking habits linger. With health risks rising, women — who had the largest increase — may need to reevaluate their relationship with alcohol.

Pandemic-prompted drinking persists, ... In the study, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found drinking increases from 2018 to 2020 persisted into 2022.

The increase in drinking was seen among both men and women and across all race and ethnic groups. Alcohol use still higher after COVID pandemic, study shows Skip to main content Skip to main content ...