The CDC clarified aspects of its opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain in an April 9 letter to three cancer organizations, reports Medscape. The groups met with CDC leaders in fall 2018, ...

The probability of chronic opioid use spikes after just a few days of prescribed use, according to a new study published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. For the study, CDC ...

The latest data from the CDC shows that Oklahoma's overdose deaths dropped 43% from 2024 to 2025. Drug prevention experts say the efforts are working.

Data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that all drug overdose deaths nationwide decreased 23% to 69,172 ...

Fewer patients are leaving emergency departments with opioid prescriptions, a continuation of a trend that began a decade ago, according to CDC data brief released Jan. 19. In 2019 to 2020, 8 percent ...

The nation's top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...

The CDC launched an online training course focused on opioid prescription practices. The series features eight modules, of which one has been released thus far. The training program offers ...

Babies who experience opioid withdrawal after being exposed to the drugs in utero are more likely to encounter educational difficulties in the future, according to a study from the CDC presented ...

The opioid epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that ...

While opioid prescriptions have declined since 2010, the amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was still three times higher than in 1999, according to the CDC’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality ...

CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, spoke about the opioid epidemic during a conference in New Orleans July 12 and commented on how he nearly lost one of his adult children to opioids, The Washington ...