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

Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...

The CDC reports that fatal overdoses dropped 27% in 2024. Progress has been made, but proposed budget cuts may hamper future ...

At an addiction conference in Nashville, Tenn., in late April, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, ...

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Wednesday. The CDC reports that 2020 drug ...

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 data is provisional and may be underreported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Boulder County mirrors the national trend, as drug overdose deaths last year fell to their lowest annual ...

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

Overdose deaths in Florida are down 30%, with the CDC reporting that in 2024, there were more than 2,000 fewer deaths than ...

Overdose-related deaths declined in York County last year, according to the county coroner's office annual report. In 2024, ...

The number of people who died last year in Massachusetts from drug overdoses plummeted to their lowest level in more than a ...

Boston recorded 169 overdose deaths last year. That grim tally represents a 38% decrease year-over-year and mirrors a similar ...

Overdoses and drug poisonings are the third leading cause of death in people under age 20, per the CDC, and synthetic opioids ...