By Stephanie Brown HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Drug overdose deaths decreased by 26.9 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to provisional data released today from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply in 2024, with new government data showing the steepest year-over-year decline in five years. Provisional figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that overdose fatalities dropped almost 27 percent nationwide,

By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell nearly 27% in 2024, federal estimates showed on Wednesday, marking the steepest decline ever and reaching the lowest levels since 2019.