Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of Americans who died from overdoses of drugs like fentanyl and meth dropped nearly 30% last year, falling to a level ...

In June 2025, several mainstream media outlets reported a surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths in early 2025 that was based on data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A new ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Candles flicker on a quiet Rochester street — the flames are a reminder of heartbreak and a crisis that continues to grow. Mariah Southwick says her friends, Rachel Kretchmer and ...

Drug overdose deaths declined by almost 27% in 2024, new provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed. The decline continues a downward trend that began in 2023 ...

The number of people who died last year in Massachusetts from drug overdoses plummeted to the lowest level in more than a decade, the most promising sign yet that the state is making progress against ...

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The U.S. addiction crisis is evolving in ways that experts say are both hopeful and incredibly dangerous. The good news is that fatal overdoses from fentanyl and other street drugs keep dropping. But ...

Keiser officials said Monday on Facebook that the city has been approved for a drug overdose treatment program.

Missouri officials say the overdose reversal drug naloxone helped contribute to the first decrease in drug-related deaths since 2015. The number of drug overdose deaths in Missouri went down for the ...