2 results for "opioid epidemic"
🧘 Health & WellnessU.S. Overdose Deaths Drop 21% in Historic Two-Year Decline
After decades of worsening overdose deaths, America has seen 21 months of continuous decline, with deaths dropping 21% to an estimated 73,000 lives lost in the year ending August 2025. Forty-five states are experiencing fewer overdose deaths in what researchers call an encouraging shift in a crisis that claimed nearly 110,000 lives at its 2022 peak.
💡 SolutionsUS Fentanyl Deaths Drop 33% After Historic Diplomatic Breakthrough With China
In a stunning reversal of a fifteen-year crisis, fatal fentanyl overdoses in America have plummeted by more than one-third following successful diplomatic engagement between the Biden administration and China. This unexpected turnaround offers hope that international cooperation can save lives and tackle the opioid epidemic.