The number leveled off after two years of sharp increases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Author: Noah Weiland
Biden Administration to Fund Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jails and Prisons
The Biden administration is asking states to use Medicaid funds to cover opioid addiction treatment in correctional facilities, where many people suffer intense cravings and withdrawal.
More Doctors Can Now Prescribe Buprenorphine to Opioid Users. Will It Help?
The federal government loosened regulations for buprenorphine, but health experts warn that entrenched problems around training and access could stall efforts to get people the medication.
Workers Fighting America’s Overdose Crisis Are ‘Hanging by a Thread’
President Biden has endorsed “harm reduction,” which aims to cut down on overdoses by encouraging safer drug use. But the organizations carrying out that strategy are severely underfunded.
A New Strategy for Preventing Fentanyl Overdoses: Testing Drugs
Machines that examine samples of drugs can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, but experts say they are an increasingly vital tool in stemming overdoses.
U.S. Will Offer Free At-Home Covid Tests as Part of Winter Plan
With cases on the rise, the Biden administration said it would restart a program that provided hundreds of millions of tests through the Postal Service.
U.S. Plans to End Mpox Emergency Declaration in Two Months
With few new cases, the plan not to renew the emergency past Jan. 31 is an acknowledgment that the disease previously known as monkeypox has mostly been suppressed.
Biden Receives Updated Covid Booster and Urges Americans to Follow Suit
With a possible winter surge on the horizon, the president tried to draw attention to the retooled shots, which Americans have been slow to receive so far.
As White House Presses for Booster Shots, Americans Are Slow to Get Them
Only about 15 million doses of the new shots have been administered so far, and many Americans appear to be unaware of or simply uninterested in them.
As Overdoses Soar, Rhode Island Embraces Drug Consumption Sites
It is the first state to legalize supervised drug consumption sites, which some addiction experts believe will help lower record overdose rates.