By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Jan. 22, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Americans might be severely divided these days, but a new study says there’s one thing everyone agrees on. Nearly 9 out ...

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for ...

An Alaska man facing state and federal charges in the overdose death of a Wasilla teenager in 2024 was sentenced to three ...

Once among the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, overdose deaths are falling in Ohio, though challenges remain.

AMA released its 2025 Report on Substance Use and Treatment, revealing a positive trend in recent fatal overdoses from ...

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups ...

For the first time since 2014, Cook County recorded fewer than 600 homicides in a year. The medical examiner handled 541 homicides in 2025.

The number of Americans dying of opioid-related overdoses could be more than 20 percent higher than CDC data suggests, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

Opioids were involved in one out of every 65 deaths in the U.S. in 2016. For younger adults, that number jumped to one in five deaths, a study published in JAMA Network Open found. Research was ...

The City recorded 621 such fatalities last year, according to the latest preliminary report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. That total includes overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl, ...

Alaska had fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in the year prior, and state health officials are working on ways to continue ...