Police have arrested two men accused of providing the drugs involved in two unrelated drug overdose deaths. Tyler Shane Hazelwood, 34, of Rural Hall was arrested Thursday and charged with death by ...

Law enforcement issues warning as drug overdoses and deaths, possibly linked to fentanyl and carfentanil, rise in southern ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday.

Official drug overdose deaths in L.A. increase in the summer But public health officials acknowledge that heat-related deaths are probably being undercounted The problem is only going to worsen as ...

A meaningful drop in deaths — for now Even as the good news rolls in, President Donald Trump’s health department is currently working on plans to reduce federal spending on opioid treatments ...

Deaths from opioid overdoses fell from 2023 to 2024, but some fear the headway made in Georgia and beyond might not last.

Drug overdose deaths hit alarming record in 2020 Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday.

Predicted provisional deaths from drug overdoses declined by 12.7% between May 2023 and May 2024, dropping to 98,820 from a record high of 111,029 in 2022.

Drug overdose deaths in the United States have slowed in recent months after reaching record levels earlier this year. New data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Overdose deaths are just one facet of what was overall the deadliest year in U.S. history. With about 378,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, the nation saw more than 3.3 million deaths.

In 2023, 3,016 people in the city died of a drug overdose, according to its health officials. That’s a 7.6% decrease from 2022 and Gotham’s first drop in overdose deaths since 2018, the data show.