The Pittsburgh Pirates faithful haven't had much to celebrate in recent years. Luckily for the hometown baseball faithful, ...

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Experts fear federal funding cuts could stymie strategies that are working, AP reports. Other news is on mental health, broken heart syndrome, toxic chemicals detected in rice, and more.

Correctional officers often dictate end-of-life care for incarcerated people who are terminally ill. Most states either don’t have a formal policy or are given leeway — a big concern for families and ...

Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States in 2024 to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new CDC ...

In Michigan, overdose deaths decreased from 2,992 in 2023 to 1,916 in 2024 — the lowest number in almost a decade.

Provisional tallies from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics show there were slightly more than 80,000 overdose ...

HealthDay News — Drug overdose deaths decreased by 26.9% from 2023 to 2024, according to provisional data released today from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Drug overdoses have been a point of focus for lawmakers in recent years, particularly alongside the rise of illicit fentanyl use.

The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to ...

The US had 30,000 fewer drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before – the largest one-year decline ever recorded in a ...