A recent report finds drug overdose deaths across all 50 states could reach its lowest level since 2019, but South Dakota is ...

T he latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths fell by almost 27 percent in 2024—the ...

Drug overdose deaths have declined in Harris County as well as across the state and country in recent years, as experts tout ...

Kate Kimbel lost her oldest boy to an overdose in April 2019. In the years since, she and a friend of her late son — who ...

U.S. drug overdose deaths fell by 27% in 2024, marking the largest one-year drop since 2019, thanks to wider Narcan availability and improved treatment access.

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

Even three-fourths of Seattleites felt the city was in big trouble, maybe a "doom loop," a few years ago. Now there are signs ...

US drug overdose deaths dropped nearly 30% in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2019. Experts credit increased access to treatment and naloxone but warn more work remains.

On Tuesday, a man who had just been booked into the Walker County Jail experienced a drug overdose. A corrections officer quickly intervened and administered Narcan, saving the man's life. "The health ...

The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.

Deaths fell in every state except Nevada and South Dakota, with some of the steepest declines recorded in hard-hit states like Ohio and West Virginia. Nationally, deaths linked to fentanyl and other ...