At an addiction conference in Nashville, Tenn., in late April, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, ...

The CDC reports that fatal overdoses dropped 27% in 2024. Progress has been made, but proposed budget cuts may hamper future ...

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 data is provisional and may be underreported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Boulder County mirrors the national trend, as drug overdose deaths last year fell to their lowest annual ...

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

U.S. drug deaths dropped by roughly 40% last year among people under the age of 35. It's a welcome pivot for families and communities devastated by fentanyl.

Kansas was one of five states that saw a small increase in the rate of alcohol-involved deaths. The post Missouri, Kansas saw ...

The U.S. marked its largest one-year decline in drug overdose deaths in 2024, according to Centers for Disease Control and ...

The CDC reports that fatal overdoses dropped 27% in 2024. Progress has been made, but proposed budget cuts may hamper future ...

The number of people who died last year in Massachusetts from drug overdoses plummeted to their lowest level in more than a ...

Data: CDC via San Antonio Metropolitan Health District; Chart: Axios Visuals Drug-related deaths in Bexar County have dropped from pandemic-era highs, but are still above 2019 levels, CDC data shows.