Knox County's 2024 drug-related deaths decreased by 36% as fentanyl cases fell. Synthetic opioids lead to overdose ...

Healthbeat reports New York state cut overdose deaths by 32% through increased harm reduction services and treatment, ...

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), overdose deaths have decreased nationwide by almost 27% in the past year, ...

Current and former employees of the CDC are calling for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s resignation after his ...

West Virginia is the hardest-hit of all states when it comes to overdose drug deaths. Must be those damn pills, right? Wrong.

Two bills will soon be introduced to help provide more resources to first responders and law enforcement to fight opioid ...

Kansas was one of five states that saw a small increase in the rate of alcohol-involved deaths. The post Missouri, Kansas saw ...

America’s overdose death toll fell sharply in 2024, with fentanyl deaths down nearly 37 percent. But experts warn the crisis ...

Drug overdose deaths in the Chicago area mirror a statewide and national trend showing a sharp decline from 2023 to 2024.

Drug overdose deaths in York County fell significantly during 2024, according to the York County coroner's latest annual ...

The CDC emphasized that the sustained decrease in overdose fatalities since ... opioids flooding the market. The report further indicated that deaths linked specifically to synthetic opioids ...

CDC reports 80,000 US overdose deaths in 2024, down from 110,000 the year prior. It’s the largest annual decline in overdose deaths since tracking began 45 years ago. Experts point to expanded ...