Experts are unsure as to what is causing the decline, which saw deaths decrease by some 14% between June 2023 and 2024.

Opioid overdose deaths have now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the ...

In the latest CDC data, overdose death reports are down in 45 states. Increases occurred in Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and ...

CDC data released Wednesday shows there were approximately 97,000 U.S. deaths in the 12-month period ending June 30.

State officials say Michigan's decline from 2021 to 2023 was also five times faster than the national decline during the same ...

Dane Brown, the man who survived multiple drug overdoses at former political donor Ed Buck's home and is in the midst of an ...

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A new CDC report shows at least 16,000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the ...

Wisconsin Suspected Overdose Alerts for Rapid Response (WiSOARR) system will help the state's efforts to address overdose ...

Opioid painkillers first started fueling an increase in overdose death rates during the 1990s, followed by other more potent opioids like heroin and fentanyl. Provisional data had indicated a slight ...

Patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid overdose have high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a study recently published ...