In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a ...

In news that suggest the U.S. opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024.

Data: CDC; Chart: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Zoom out: Nationally, there was a 10% decline in the number of overdose deaths over a 12-month period ending in April, per the most recent CDC data.

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday celebrated new data showing the largest recorded year-over-year drop in US overdose deaths, attributing the success to its policies including expanding ...

In October, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found overdose deaths decreased by 10% between April 2023 and April ... and this can get away from us,” Cohen ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) latest Public Safety Alert reveals a significant decrease in overdose deaths in ...

That was a major 23% decline from the 2,630 overdose deaths over the previous year. The Bay State's estimated drop of 22.74% in ... overdose deaths decreased by 10% in 2023—the largest single ...

By how much did these deaths of despair drop? There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to new provisional data from the U.S. Centers for ...

That was a major 23% decline from the 2,630 overdose deaths over the previous year. The Bay State’s estimated drop of 22.74% in ... overdose deaths decreased by 10% in 2023 — the largest ...

DEA reports a decrease in fentanyl contamination and overdose deaths, with a significant drop in potentially lethal pills.