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Fatal drug overdoses fall for third straight year: CDC

Fatal drug overdoses fall for third straight year: CDC

Health Care News – Read More Newly released provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that fatal drug overdoses fell in 2025, marking three consecutive years of declines. By December 2025, the number of reported drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell by 14 percent to 68,632 deaths, according to provisional data. The predicted number of… 

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