NEW YORK-- Overdose deaths are down more than 20% in New York state and across the country, according to new data analyzed by CBS News New York. Experts say it has been driven by a decrease in fatal ...

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There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died of overdoses last year, according to provisional ...

The United States saw its largest-ever drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday. There were 30,000 fewer overdose deaths compared ...

Naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote, is a powerful tool in the overdose crisis, allowing friends, loved ones and even bystanders a way to put a fatal overdose in reverse and bring back breathing.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply in 2024, with new government data showing the steepest year-over-year decline in five years. Provisional figures released by the Centers for Disease ...

The safety, health, and well-being of our people is essential to building a resilient Nation. Tragically, one of the gravest threats to American lives is the drug overdose crisis, which has caused ...

The US has experienced more than one million deaths from 1999 to 2021 due to the drug overdose crisis, leaving a devastating and lasting impact on communities nationwide. While an overdose can occur ...

Drug overdose deaths in New Jersey dropped across all racial and ethnic groups for the first time in a decade, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Wednesday. New Jersey had 2,816 drug ...

Mass. had more than 700 fewer opioid-related deaths since last year. Worcester dropped from 105 deaths in 2023 to 43 in 2024. Nationally, the CDC reporting a 32% decline in opioid-related overdose ...