A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

Supply shock' resulting from a crackdown on China's distribution of fentanyl and chemicals needed to make it means less of the deadly synthetic opioid on the streets, a new report suggests.

People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for ...

Pennsylvania’s new law requires EMS to report overdoses to a statewide system, expanding data to improve the state’s opioid ...

Life expectancy hits all-time high at 79 years in 2024 as U.S. drug overdose deaths decline by 26.2%, reports CDC data.

Progress in reducing the number of overdose deaths has been made throughout Pennsylvania over the past year, but officials ...

Overdose deaths in Maryland have reached a 10-year low after decreasing by 26% in 2025, according to the governor's office.

Alaska had fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in the year prior, and state health officials are working on ways to continue ...

White House spokesperson Kush Desai told PEOPLE in a statement that "the President is right" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin ...

The City recorded 621 such fatalities last year, according to the latest preliminary report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. That total includes overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl, ...

Brittany Murphy spent her final days fighting what she believed was nothing more than a stubborn cold, taking a mix of common over-the-counter medications in an attempt to get better. But when she ...