The United States may finally be getting the upper hand on the opioid epidemic.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

NY Governor Hochul reports a 32% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024, highlighting the state's successful opioid crisis ...

Oak Park public health staff were among the authors of a report that made a key finding on opioid exposure on West Side ...

T he latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths fell by almost 27 percent in 2024—the ...

Overdose deaths decreased across America in 2024 vs 2023 by almost 30,000 deaths, reflecting trends in availability and treatment resources.

A recent report finds drug overdose deaths across all 50 states could reach its lowest level since 2019, but South Dakota is ...

Ohio is among the top 10 states with the highest drug overdose mortality rates in the country, according to a recent study.

Data Shows First Sustained Annual Decrease in Opioid Overdose Deaths Since 2019. Vermont Business Magazine New data from the Vermont Department of Health shows a significant decli ...

Provisional data released by the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control indicate a nearly 27% decline in ...

One of those trends was an alarming rise in drug overdose deaths. The trajectory was already bad before Covid: Between the widespread prescription and misuse of legal opioids and then the introduction ...

US drug overdose deaths dropped nearly 30% in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2019. Experts credit increased access to ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.