The number of deaths from drug overdose fell 3% to 107,543 in 2023 from the previous year, according to preliminary data from ...

It would be only the second annual decline since the current national drug death epidemic began more than three decades ago.

More than 100,000 people died of fentanyl and other drugs in 2023, but Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, and Maine all recorded ...

New provisional CDC data published Wednesday shows drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell from 2022 to 2023, marking the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose ...

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-saving ...

NEW YORK - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released dates showing the number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last ...

WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data ...