U.S. deaths due to drug overdoses fell last year, the first decrease in five years, according to new estimates by the Centers ...

Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth ...

U.S. overdose deaths declined in 2023 for the first time in five years, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But last year's ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year for the first time since 2018, provisional data released Wednesday showed, suggesting the strategy of increasing access to the life ...

There were an estimated 107,543 such deaths in the country in 2023, down three percent compared to the year before -- with the decline driven by a drop in deaths associated with the synthetic ...

A total of 1,984 Kentuckians died last year from a drug overdose, a recent report said. Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell ...

After a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in the United States ticked down in 2023 for the first time in five years. About 107,500 people ...

The overall number of reported drug overdose deaths in the United States declined by 3.1% in 2023, the first decrease in 5 years, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...