Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

Drug overdose deaths fell by 27 percent in 2024, according to the provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The drop represents a significant trend ...

As overdoses from fentanyl and opioids continue to rise, many communities have created interactive overdose dashboards that show demographic, geographic and time trends in suspected overdoses and ...

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. During the Covid-19 ...

Researchers have found that key brain cells may be damaged in overdose, and OUD itself resembles near-drowning victims. Serial neurological evaluations and neurorehab could help.

The rate of drug overdose deaths, both nationally and locally, has seen steep declines over the past two years, but a new data tool developed by Northwestern University shows a warning sign that ...

The 2024 overdose death toll of 2,438 is the lowest since 2019, and a drop from the 3,137 deaths recorded in 2023. While fentanyl remained the leading cause of accidental overdose deaths, its share ...