A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

Supply shock' resulting from a crackdown on China's distribution of fentanyl and chemicals needed to make it means less of the deadly synthetic opioid on the streets, a new report suggests.

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for ...

People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.

Indiana Poison Center reports GLP-1 calls doubled last year; National Poison Data System, America's Poison Centers reports a 1,500% increase in GLP-1 related calls.

Life expectancy hits all-time high at 79 years in 2024 as U.S. drug overdose deaths decline by 26.2%, reports CDC data.

Progress in reducing the number of overdose deaths has been made throughout Pennsylvania over the past year, but officials ...

The Minnesota Department of Health issued a health advisory last week warning of an increase in overdose cases involving sedatives. Data collected by the department's Minnesota Drug Overdose and ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The significant, recent decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths was driven in large part by a sudden shift in North America’s illicit drug supply ...

Overdose deaths in Maryland have reached a 10-year low after decreasing by 26% in 2025, according to the governor's office.

Alaska had fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in the year prior, and state health officials are working on ways to continue ...