CDC reports 80,000 US overdose deaths in 2024, down from 110,000 the year prior. It’s the largest annual decline in overdose deaths since tracking began 45 years ago. Experts point to expanded ...

A large sign with the slogan “#WORTH SAVING” greets golfers at Dye’s Walk Country Club during the Overdose Lifeline Memorial Golf Outing in 2024. The group will host its 11th annual charity golf ...

After dozens of overdoses in just four days, Minnesota's biggest county is racing to reverse the troubling trend. New data from the Health Department shows 84 Minnesotans died in January from ...

Rates of drug overdose deaths have decreased. Some experts think wider availability of overdose reversal medications has helped. The rate of drug overdose deaths fell about 4% across the country from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONROE COUNTY — Narcan is saving local lives. Last year, Monroe County saw the fewest overdose deaths in several years. “As of ...

Opioid overdose deaths have decreased for 12 months, with 70,655 predicted deaths through June 2024, down from 86,401 in June 2023. Increased naloxone availability and reduced illegal drug use among ...

Narcan nasal spray. Narcan, or naloxone, reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. The latest data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts about a 30% decrease in ...

On Wednesday, local advocates, government officials and behavioral health workers gathered at the 2025 Statewide Community Overdose Engagement Summit to evaluate strategies for combating overdoses and ...

On July 10, 2025, first responders in Baltimore discovered numerous individuals simultaneously overdosing in the same neighborhood. Twenty-five people ages 25-55 were hospitalized, five in critical ...

LANSING, MI – The state is projecting the third consecutive year of decline in opioid overdose deaths for 2024, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office. On Thursday, June 5, the AG ...

Nonprofit Largest Heart distributes fentanyl test strips in Orange County to help prevent accidental overdose. Credit: Courtesy of Largest Heart In step with a national decline in accidental drug ...

Los Angeles County public health officials have linked six fatal overdoses to a synthetic kratom compound known as 7-OH. The substance, often sold illegally in smoke shops and gas stations, is a ...