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Lowell sees decline in overdose calls; health department pilots machine-learning classification
Summary
Lowell Health Department reported a substantial drop in opioid-related calls compared with recent peaks and described a machine‑learning project with Tufts to automate case classification; EMS response times and staffing were also discussed.
Lowell Health Department staff told the Board of Health on March 5 that opioid-related calls and Narcan administrations have fallen significantly from the epidemic peak and that the department is piloting machine‑learning to help categorize overdose reports.
“We had 460 overdoses in the city last year,” said Mr. Kelly, who presented the January opioid report and a year‑end recap covering 2011–2024. He said the city’s overdose volume has fallen toward earlier levels and that the drop was…
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