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US overdose deaths plunged 27% last year
Deaths from drug overdoses dropped 27% in 2024, the largest one-year decline on record, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024. Will Trump’s Cuts Slow the Momentum?
The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to ...
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Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths
Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.
Overdose deaths declined in Maine last year, but not as sharply as the U.S. overall
The number of drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2024 fell to the lowest level since 2019, according to data released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 80, ...
Overdose deaths decline, a cross-species kidney transplant, poems help conservation efforts: Catch up on the day’s stories
4️⃣ Poems & porpoises: The Yangtze finless porpoise — a smaller dolphin-like creature — has faced extreme declines in numbers ...
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Nevada among few states seeing rise in overdose deaths
Nevada saw a small increase in drug overdose deaths in 2024, bucking the national trend that showed the largest one-year ...