This indicates that drug dealers were finding it harder to source fentanyl and were turning to shrinkflation. “Lots of things ...

The U.S. has long scrutinized China’s role in the illicit fentanyl trade. New research suggests the country’s crackdowns may have reduced U.S. overdose deaths.

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The CDC released preliminary data showing U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped last year by more than 10%. This has been particularly newsworthy in the context of the ongoing "opioid epidemic" and heavy ...

(WHTM) — Most 2024 death investigations are complete, meaning we now have near-final numbers for what kinds of deaths are rising and falling. There was relatively good news in York County where ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The exact causes of the decrease are not yet completely clear to experts. Dr. Nora ...

STORY: The number of children dying before their fifth birthday has hit a record low, according to new United Nations estimates. And Malawi is among countries highlighted in a U.N. report released on ...

Maternal deaths are dropping, but racial disparities in mortality rates still persist, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maternal deaths fell ...

California on Sunday reported another 481 coronavirus deaths, a day after the statewide death toll topped 40,000 even as the rates of new infections and hospitalizations continue to fall. The number ...

In most high-income countries around the world, the number of avoidable mortalities is going down. But in the United States, avoidable deaths have been on the rise for more than a decade, according to ...

The most common traumatic injury that happened to Palm Beach County seniors in 2023 had nothing to do with weapons, medications or self-harm. Falls were the significant injury most often treated at ...

Three people have died after falling at the Grand Canyon over the last month, but officials say that the number of fatalities this year is not unusual. A total of five people have died inside the ...