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Cocaine and meth are being laced with fentanyl – and many drug users are unaware. This increases the risk of overdoses.

After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year ...

A new report from the CDC showed an increase in overdose deaths caused by carfentanil, an opioid 100 times more potent than ...

New York has experienced thousands of opioid overdose deaths in recent years. But public health responses appear to at least ...

The Senate is convening for the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, with a dozen new senators joining the upper chamber.

A cascade of leadership changes within county staff and the county commission, paired with steady announcements for economic development and a busy schedule of groundbreakings for new county facilitie ...

Teenagers in the US roughly doubled their use of nicotine pouches in 2024, despite turning away from alcohol and other drugs ...