Overdose deaths from opioids are falling sharply, down 35.6% in 2024 from the previous year, according to the Illinois ...

This browser does not support the Video element. The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. The ...

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, for the 12 months ending in April 2021, there were over 100,000 overdose deaths, an increase of 28.5 percent over 2020 levels. Often lost in ...

The nation's top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...

The CDC launched an online training course focused on opioid prescription practices. The series features eight modules, of which one has been released thus far. The training program offers ...

A dangerous and largely invisible threat is re-emerging in the illicit drug supply: Carfentanil, an extremely potent ...

Babies who experience opioid withdrawal after being exposed to the drugs in utero are more likely to encounter educational difficulties in the future, according to a study from the CDC presented ...

The opioid epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that ...

Despite a 24% drop since 2015, over 4 million Americans remain on long-term opioids, and they’re older, on Medicare, and ...

LAS VEGAS -- The 2016 CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing have had lasting consequences for patients with chronic pain, an expert said here. In the 3 years since the guidelines were published, at ...