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Overdose deaths see largest one-year decline ever: Here’s why
US overdose deaths fell by 27% in 2024, marking the largest one-year decline on record. CDC data shows 30,000 fewer deaths, ...
Overdose deaths decline, a cross-species kidney transplant, poems help conservation efforts: Catch up on the day’s stories
4️⃣ Poems & porpoises: The Yangtze finless porpoise — a smaller dolphin-like creature — has faced extreme declines in numbers ...
Wisconsin has seen progress in reducing overdose deaths. Trump's cuts could upend that.
Rhetoric from the White House risks growing misconceptions of what harm reduction is and, significantly, what it is not.
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U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline
Experts say several things could be driving the decline. They include increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug ...
Overdose deaths declined in Maine last year, but not as sharply as the U.S. overall
Data released this week by the U.S. CDC showed a 27% decrease in drug deaths nationwide from 2023 to 2024. Fatal overdoses in ...
Drug overdose deaths plummet to pre-pandemic levels during fentanyl crisis
Prof. Robert Valuck, who runs the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Colorado School of ...
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Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths
Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.