After more than a decade of rising mortality, the USA is experiencing an unexpected and encouraging decline in drug overdose deaths. According to provisional estimates from the US Centers for Disease ...

Emory is the data editor at STAT. He’s a data journalist with a background in bioinformatics and molecular biology. You can reach Emory on Signal at jaspar.01. Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ ...

America is in the throes of a deadly new drug epidemic involving tianeptine — a highly addictive substance that's so widespread it's known as gas station heroin, experts warn. Marketed as dietary ...

In the United States, there is a distinct tendency for opioid epidemics to be followed by stimulant epidemics. David Musto, M.D., renowned Yale historian of medicine and expert on drug policy, first ...

To report this series about the U.S. alcohol epidemic, Facher and Cueto interviewed more than 100 health researchers, doctors, patients, industry insiders, and lawmakers. They also reviewed scientific ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced more than $700 million in federal funding Wednesday aimed at addressing addiction, mental illness, and homelessness, advancing ...