Drug overdose and violence, including homicide and suicide, were the most common causes for death among pregnant and postpartum women.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have been declining for the past two years. But now, a project led by Northwestern ...

Fentanyl is the primary cause of drug overdose deaths in the US, and seniors are at increased risk due to slower drug ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Last spring, jail officials found an unresponsive inmate face-down in a cell near a toilet. Correctional ...

(CNN) — People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. Life expectancy in the US had been trending up for decades before ...

Fatal drug overdoses are on a downward trend locally and in Ohio, though area public health departments are continuing to see concerning trends with opioids being laced with other illicit drugs. In ...

Beginning in 2023, there was less fentanyl in the U.S. drug supply. The opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone’s availability is increasing and so is access to addiction treatment. Experts say the ...

UNDATED (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A study showed an increase in three causes of death in young adults and two in kids aged five to 19. New research from the University of Washington School of Medicine ...

People who attended a recent Restitution Advisory Board Meeting said that health officials reported they found a powerful animal sedative called medetomidine in some drug samples that were collected ...

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