Associated Press file photo / Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. Overdose deaths have declined 27% year-over-year, according to a new CDC report ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Drug overdose deaths dropped significantly in Missouri and Kansas in 2024, new data shows. In Missouri, there was a 28% drop in drug overdose deaths from December 2023 to December ...

New Mexico tops the list for the state with the worst drug problems, according to new analysis.

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...

Editor's Note: After this story was published, NPR reported that the CDC would be able to fully fund the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program ahead of a budget deadline, citing a CDC leader and ...

Opioid overdose deaths have declined to pre-pandemic levels, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National overdose death data updated Wednesday from ...