THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. WE’RE FOLLOWING SEVERAL DEVELOPING STORIES RIGHT NOW. OUR CHRISTINE CRUZ IS IN THE STUDIO. AND, CHRISTINE, WE BEGIN IN GUILFORD COUNTY, WHERE A MAN ACCUSED OF TWO MURDERS ...

This study investigated how geography helps explain the striking increase in opioid-related overdose deaths among Black Americans since the proliferation of fentanyl. Using mortality data from the ...

County's Addiction Response Coalition working on multiple fronts, including at new crisis center County's Addiction Response Coalition working on multiple fronts, including at new crisis center County ...

Connecticut has seen a dramatic decrease in overdose deaths over the last five years. Officials credit the availability of the overdose reversal drug Naloxone. In 2021, more than 1,500 Connecticut ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Psychostimulants, primarily methamphetamine, have surpassed opioids as the leading cause of overdose deaths in Iowa, according to state and federal health data. Three years ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning the public about a newly-identified synthetic opioid, cychlorphine, that has been associated with more than 30 overdose ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A dangerous new drug is hitting the streets of Tennessee. Knox County officials said N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, or cychlorphine for short, has now been tied to 16 overdose ...

The number of drug overdose deaths in Minnesota remained the same from 2024 to 2025, indicating that improvements over the past two years are slowing down, according to preliminary numbers from the ...

Drug overdose deaths in Orange County have declined more than 50 percent since 2021, according to newly released data from the medical examiner’s office. While 251 people died of fatal drug overdose ...

A new Los Angeles County public health report shows a significant drop in overdose deaths among people experiencing homelessness in the MacArthur Park area, officials announced Wednesday. According to ...

United States overdose deaths in 2025 fell to levels similar to before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose deaths for the ...

Kepner is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. In May 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced ...