HealthDay News — Drug overdose deaths decreased by 26.9 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to provisional data released May 14, 2025, from the National Center for Health Statistics.

With 87,000 drug overdose deaths reported from October 2023 to September 2024, this number is down from around 114,000 in the previous year.

Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States in 2024 to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new CDC ...

Drug overdose deaths fell by 27 percent in 2024, according to the provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says predicted drug overdose deaths nationwide were down 27% last year ...

There has been a decrease in drug-related deaths in New York, per the Center for Disease Control's preliminary figures from ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell nearly 27% in 2024, federal estimates showed on Wednesday, marking the ...

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 ...

The CDC has been collecting comparable data for 45 years. The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018, according to the ...

Preliminary data from the CDC has found that tragically, more than 1,500 Virginians died from a drug overdose in 2024. That’s ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says predicted drug overdose deaths nationwide were down 27% last year compared to 2023. The agency says it’s a strong sign that public ...