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Overdose deaths are down, but the crisis is far from resolved

Members of the Biden White House celebrated the report but said there's still more work to be done to further reduce overdose deaths.

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Overdose deaths in the U.S. fell 17% in 1-year period, CDC says

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Drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

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U.S. overdose deaths fell 17% in one-year span

As of June, reported fatalities nationwide declined by 14.5% year over year, which equates to 16,000 less deaths in the last year alone.

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Drug overdose deaths decrease in Vermont, New York as national death rate also falls

New data from the CDC shows a drop in drug overdose deaths, down nearly 17 percent compared year-over-year. The annual death toll dropped from approximately 113,000 to just over 94,000. It's a rare bit of good news after decades of rising fatalities. Overdose deaths have nearly quadrupled since 2002 and spiked to record highs during the pandemic. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Brian Mann of NPR.

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Drug overdose deaths dropped nationwide. Experts are working to understand why

The White House credited the wide availability of naloxone and drug-use prevention efforts for the decrease.

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Overdose deaths fell 17% in the past year, CDC says

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — Fewer Americans are dying from drug overdoses according to new numbers from the CDC. The White House is taking credit for the promising decline.  New data from the CDC shows a 17% decline in overdose deaths from July 2023 to July 2024.  Dr. Rahul Gupta is the Director of the White House National Drug Control Policy. He attributes the new figures to the work that his office has been doing.   "This is not only the larg…

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CDC says overdose deaths fell 17% in one year

There were 108,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022. That was twice the number of drug overdose deaths compared to the year before. Since then, something has changed: overdose deaths are dropping rapidly – and, according to an analysis by Vox, no one is quite sure why. But the experts have their theories. For the 12 months ending in June of 2024, the number of drug overdose deaths dropped by around 15 percent – though the total …

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Researchers Aren't Sure Why Drug Deaths Are Down, But They Have Theories

A Portland police officer looks on as paramedics transport a patient administered naloxone in January. | Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images  In 2022, the US reached a grim peak in drug overdose deaths: Nearly 108,000 people died that year, more than twice the number who died in 2015, and more than four times the number in 2002.  Now, in what experts hope is more than a blip, the overdose epidemic that has affected every state in the nation m…

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Drug overdose deaths have declined. No one knows why.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -- Fewer Americans are dying from drug overdoses according to new numbers from the CDC. The White House is taking credit for the promising decline.  New data from the CDC shows a 17% decline in overdose deaths from July 2023-July 2024.  Dr. Rahul Gupta is the Director of the White House National Drug Control Policy. He attributes the new figures to the work that his office has been doing.   "This is not only the largest decr…

Annual drug overdose deaths decreased by greatest number in US history: CDC

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