With the drop in overdose deaths, “we're celebrating: a death toll that exceeds total American combat fatalities in Vietnam, ...

A Guardian investigation into the U.S. overdose slowdown found that national declines masked sharp local disparities. Here's how the reporting team got the story.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Opioid-related overdose deaths dropped from around 110,000 in 2023 to about 75,000 in 2024. An AMA report also ...

West Virginia has the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses among U.S. states, with 49.6 per 100,000 individuals, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The ranking is based on data ...

U.S. children and adolescents are increasingly dying from opioid overdoses, according to a study published on JAMA Network. 1. For the study, researchers conducted a cross-sectional analysis using CDC ...

Socially vulnerable counties face higher overdose deaths and treatment needs, findings that could help prioritize funding and programming responses, according to Rutgers researchers Opioids such as ...

Fatal drug overdoses are on a downward trend locally and in Ohio, though area public health departments are continuing to see concerning trends with opioids being laced with other illicit drugs. In ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the nation cautiously marks a two-year decline in overdose deaths, there are new warnings about emerging threats in Chicago-area street drugs, the ABC7 I-Team has learned. Federal ...

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine ...