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Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024. Will Trump’s Cuts Slow the Momentum?
The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to ...
US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
Drug overdose deaths plummet to pre-pandemic levels during fentanyl crisis
Prof. Robert Valuck, who runs the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Colorado School of ...
Human remains found in Clermont County identified as 2022 overdose death victim
This identification brings a measure of closure to a tragic and prolonged period of uncertainty," said Brian Treon, the ...
Overdose deaths declined in Maine last year, but not as sharply as the U.S. overall
Data released this week by the U.S. CDC showed a 27% decrease in drug deaths nationwide from 2023 to 2024. Fatal overdoses in ...
Overdose deaths decline, a cross-species kidney transplant, poems help conservation efforts: Catch up on the day’s stories
Unprecedented drop: US drug overdose deaths in 2024 hit the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new estimate ...
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Nevada among few states seeing rise in overdose deaths
Nevada saw a small increase in drug overdose deaths in 2024, bucking the national trend that showed the largest one-year ...
US drug deaths plunged in 2024. Trump cuts may reverse that, experts warn.
US drug deaths plunged in 2024, according to federal data published Wednesday, offering hope that public health measures are ...