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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply in 2024, with new ...

Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal data published early Thursday. The rate of overdose deaths ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday. During the Covid-19 ...

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 ...

Drug overdose is the number one cause of accidental death in Connecticut, where someone is more likely to die from a drug overdose than from a car accident. The investigators examined data of over ...

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 ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – After years of alarming increases, fatal drug overdoses have finally dropped in America, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. The agency reported there were 30,000 ...

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 ...