With 87,000 drug overdose deaths reported from October 2023 to September 2024, this number is down from around 114,000 in the previous year.

According to DHHS, it’s unknown if the use of these two drugs together was intentional or unintentional, but the information ...

A new project called Project M.O.M. launched within the Louisiana Department of Health seeks to reduce maternal overdose ...

The DEA's latest assessment highlights synthetic drugs as its top priority, outlining several key trends shaping this illicit ...

Researchers at Boston University analyzed the fatality rate in the US compared to 21 developed nations - including the UK - ...

Angelina Kruse made sure the prosecution and defense lawyers said her son’s name in court this week during the sentencing of ...

A new federal lawsuit alleges the East Baton Rouge Coroner's office made errors in a 2018 investigation and had an informal ...

HealthDay News — Drug overdose deaths decreased by 26.9 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to provisional data released May 14, 2025, from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Overdose statistics are declining across Long Island and in Nassau County, but leaders look to continue the trend as they ...

Preliminary data from the Kitsap Public Health District found opioid overdoses dropped in 2024, the first decline in six ...

PORT ANGELES — The success of Port Angeles’ opioid overdose response program, Operation Shielding Hope, is one piece of a puzzle that saw Clallam County’s overdose death rate decrease by 63 percent ...

A new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report shows Nevada is one of two states that saw a rise in predicted drug overdose deaths in 2024. “Somebody had ...