The Lucas County Coroner’s office has released new data showing Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan have followed the national trend and seen a significant drop in overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024.

Compared to 2023, drug overdose deaths dropped in New York by nearly 32 percent in 2024, going closer to pre-pandemic levels, ...

Fatal overdoses of fentanyl, though still high in Kern County, have dropped precipitously this year, mirroring national trends, the Kern County Coroner’s Office ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - U.S. overdose deaths fell by 27% last year, marking the largest one-year decline ever recorded. You can watch the full big story above.

Six months after the death of a 1-year-old girl in Syracuse, Police announce the arrest of her father.On October 31, 2024 ...

One friend is dead and the other is in prison after a 24-year-old overdosed in 2023.

There’s cautious optimism in the fight against overdose deaths. They saw a sharp decline in 2024, but those on the front ...

Detectives with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Mackenzie Corkern, 28, on a count of second-degree homicide for her role in the overdose.

An Ellington man was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison Friday for the overdose death of his friend in 2023. Charles Lewis ...

Two autopsies ruled Floyd’s death a homicide, but a false narrative quickly emerged: that Floyd died of a drug overdose. Five years later, despite ample evidence demonstrating police misconduct killed ...

A new project called Project M.O.M. launched within the Louisiana Department of Health seeks to reduce maternal overdose death rates.

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.