The latest 12-month report from the CDC showed 1,400 more deaths in January of this year compared with the year prior. This ...

Opioid overdose deaths continued to rise among adolescents and young adults during a recent 5-year period, and synthetic ...

Drug overdose deaths in the Chicago area mirror a statewide and national trend showing a sharp decline from 2023 to 2024.

For the first time in more than a year, street drug deaths appear to be rising across the U.S. according to a new report from the CDC. The latest available data, compiled in January of this year, ...

The U.S. marked its largest one-year decline in drug overdose deaths in 2024, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. According to the CDC’s Percent Change in ...

(When approached for an interview by Scientific American, a CDC spokesperson said ... 25 percent in 2024, though overdoses remain the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 44.

A little over half the state’s fatal overdoses from 2017 to 2023 involved methamphetamine use, according to a new bulletin ...

The percentage decrease in drug overdose deaths locally was better than nationally. Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showed a 27% decrease nationally. The numbers in York ...

CDC officials said "fluctuations" in drug overdose deaths could be caused by a number of factors including changes in the illegal drug supply and shifts in access to treatment. This CDC data is ...

Urine drug test (UDT) data can generate timely estimates of overdose deaths, a new study suggests.

West Virginia had the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses of any state in 2023, according to a new analysis from KFF.  The analysis is based on finalized 2023 opioid overdose death totals from the ...