It’s possible to overdose on Xanax, especially if it’s used alongside other drugs. Mixing Xanax with alcohol can also be fatal. Xanax is the brand name for alprazolam, a prescription ...

Drug overdose deaths dropped a record amount during the past year, according to provisional data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that 94,758 individuals died ...

ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 21: The exterior of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, September 21, 2023. (Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post) Federal ...

Overdose deaths around the nation appear to have dropped as much as 13%, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In California, the numbers reveal a slower drop.

Jan. 11, 2022 — A new study that analyzed 20 years of fatal opioid overdose data in adults 55 and older found that between 1999 and 2019, opioid-related overdose deaths increased exponentially ...

The large study analyzed the health records of 1.3 million people. A new study suggests that GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic, which are used for diabetes management and weight loss, may ...

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — A Jefferson County woman is facing charges in connection to a string of overdose deaths in January 2024 in Morristown and Hamblen County, according to a press release from ...

New figures from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control show a sharp drop in overdose deaths, offering a rare glimmer of hope in the fight to curb the opioid crisis. "I've been studying overdose ...

Some signs suggest overdose deaths are finally starting to decline. Overdose deaths dropped by 10 percent overall between April 2023 and April 2024, and deaths involving fentanyl dropped by 12 ...

Overdose deaths remain sharply higher since 2019. Many states are working on "harm reduction" strategies that stress cooperation with people who use drugs; in some cases, states are getting ...

For roughly two decades, the United States has been gripped by an increasingly deadly overdose crisis, largely driven by the opioid fentanyl, that has killed more than 1 million people since 2000.

For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sharp drop in U.S. drug overdose deaths. But at the same time, numbers from the CDC show that fatal overdoses involving antidepressants ...