Overdose deaths from fentanyl have markedly decreased in the U.S. and Canada, although illegal use continues. The change has ...

Urine drug test (UDT) data can generate timely estimates of overdose deaths, a new study suggests. The study, published in JAMA Network Open by specialty lab Millennium Health and The Ohio State ...

U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening ...

This indicates that drug dealers were finding it harder to source fentanyl and were turning to shrinkflation. “Lots of things ...

The number of Americans who died from overdoses of drugs like fentanyl and meth dropped nearly 30% last year, falling to a level not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the CDC.

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Drug deaths plummeted in 2024, according to new federal data. An estimated 80,391 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year, ...

Baylor College of Medicine will be a site for a new multi-institution project aimed at investigating preclinical drug safety assessments. The project, known as DATAMAP, the Digital Acceleration of ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi sparked backlash after deleting a social media post meant to praise President Donald Trump that ...

In the UK, there was a case where TGN1412, an immunotherapy under development, triggered a cytokine storm within hours of administration to humans, leading to multiple organ failure. Another example, ...