For the first time since 2016, Oregon is seeing a decline in fatal drug overdoses - a 22% drop from 2023 to 2024.State and local health officials say the turnar ...

April, with the project’s leaders anticipating having to refill it about once per month. During the machine’s first weeks, ...

Researchers at Marshall University have developed a promising treatment strategy to address overdoses involving fentanyl and ...

An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A dramatic spike in opioid-related emergency department visits has been reported in recent months in Douglas County. The ...

The Trump administration has proposed cutting a $56 million grant that teaches first responders how to use the lifesaving overdose reversal drug naloxone, which experts say could reverse progress ...

US overdose deaths fell by 27% in 2024, marking the largest one-year decline on record. CDC data shows 30,000 fewer deaths, ...

Among the most cited are: — Increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. — Expanded addiction treatment. — Shifts in how people use drugs. — The growing effect of ...

The Northern Kentucky Health Department has issued an overdose alert after a recent uptick in overdoses throughout the area.

While the Department of Human Services reported a major decrease in drug overdose deaths statewide, the Trump administration may take one life saving tool away. “One of our core tenants or strategies, ...

New York is seeing a historic decrease in reported drug overdose deaths. With threats of looming cuts at the federal level by President Trump’s administration, ...