Supply shock' resulting from a crackdown on China's distribution of fentanyl and chemicals needed to make it means less of the deadly synthetic opioid on the streets, a new report suggests.

A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, increase access to addiction treatment medications and support of harm reduction programs .

Drug deaths are finally falling—but the cause may be far outside of U.S. policy makers’ control.

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

Fatal drug overdoses are on a downward trend locally and in Ohio, though area public health departments are continuing to see concerning trends with opioids being laced with other illicit drugs. In Montgomery County, there have been 143 overdose deaths to ...

Health officials say harmful drugs are circulating in the Grimsby area.

New details have been released in the death of 29-year-old Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who was raised in San Mateo County and became one of the most influential voices in the chess world.

It’s pretty much good news all the way around,” as final federal statistics indicated that Americans could expect to live longer than ever, on average, National Center for Health Statistics researcher Robert Anderson said.