New provisional CDC data published Wednesday shows drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell from 2022 to 2023, marking the first annual decline in five years.
After a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in the United States ticked ...
The "progress over the last 12 months should make us want to reinvigorate our efforts" to reduce drug-related deaths, said CDC chief medical officer Deb Houry. The "leveling of the overdose curve ...
Drug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year for the first time since 2018, provisional data released ...
Drug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year for the first time since 2018, provisional data released Wednesday showed, suggesting the strategy of increasing access to the life ...
HealthDay News — New 2023 provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics show the first decline in deaths from drug overdose in the United States since 2018 ... Overall, fatal drug ...
There were an estimated 107,543 such deaths in the country in 2023, down three percent compared to the year before -- with the decline driven by a drop in deaths associated with the synthetic ...
The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the numbers ...
Medetomidine - a powerful animal tranquilizer used on dogs and cats - is thought to be behind a spate of drug overdose deaths ...