Data: CDC; Note: 2024 may be underreported due to incomplete data; Chart: Axios Visuals Drug-related deaths in Travis County have dropped from pandemic-era highs, but are still above 2019 levels, CDC ...

Urine drug test (UDT) data can generate timely estimates of overdose deaths, a new study suggests.

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 data is provisional and may be underreported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Drug overdose deaths fell in Kansas and Missouri last year, mirroring a strong national trend, according to ...

Fatal drug overdoses among young Americans have declined significantly for the first time in a decade, according to newly ...

Two bills will soon be introduced to help provide more resources to first responders and law enforcement to fight opioid ...

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, ...

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

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.

America’s overdose death toll fell sharply in 2024, with fentanyl deaths down nearly 37 percent. But experts warn the crisis ...

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

A health secretary who systematically ignores mention of the major killer of adult Americans is clearly not interested in ...

Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...