America’s seniors aren't immune to the ongoing opioid epidemic. Among adults 65 and older, overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants — like cocaine and methamphetamines — have surged 9,000% ...

In 2024, the researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was one of the first scientists in the country to realize something new was happening: "I was going through [reports] ...

The safety, health, and well-being of our people is essential to building a resilient Nation. Tragically, one of the gravest threats to American lives is the drug overdose crisis, which has caused ...

Officials in Baltimore are investigating after more than two dozen people seemingly experienced "overdose symptoms" when they came into contact with an unknown drug and were subsequently taken to ...

West Virginia has the highest mortality rate from drug overdoses in the United States, with 77.8 deaths reported per 100,000 residents, while Nebraska has the lowest. This is according to an analysis ...

BALTIMORE — An apparent "mass casualty" overdose incident shut down roads and sent 27 people to local hospitals in West Baltimore on Thursday, and police are investigating how it happened. Emergency ...

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related ...

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Last year, Washington recorded the state’s largest decline in drug overdose deaths in almost a decade, preliminary federal data shows. Nationwide, overdose deaths fell about 27% between 2023 and 2024, ...

May 14 (Reuters) - Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell nearly 27% in 2024, federal estimates showed on Wednesday, marking the steepest decline ever and reaching the lowest levels since 2019 ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...

Drug overdose deaths fell from 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024. Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report ...