U.S. overdose deaths declined in 2023 for the first time in five years, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by ...
It would be only the second annual decline since the current national drug death epidemic began more than three decades ago.
New provisional CDC data published Wednesday shows drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell from 2022 to 2023, marking the first ...
More than 100,000 people died of fentanyl and other drugs in 2023, but Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, and Maine all recorded ...
The number of deaths from drug overdose fell 3% to 107,543 in 2023 from the previous year, according to preliminary data from ...
Medetomidine - a powerful animal tranquilizer used on dogs and cats - is thought to be behind a spate of drug overdose deaths ...
Drug overdose deaths in Arkansas fell last year for the second year in a row, although the number remained above pre-pandemic ...
Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose ...
Declines are not spread equally everywhere -- some states experienced another year of increases of fatal ODs. HealthDay News — New 2023 provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics ...
About 107,500 people died of overdoses in the U.S. last year, including both American citizens and non-citizens who were in ...
WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data ...
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time in 5 Years By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 ...