U.S. overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

U.S. overdose deaths fell 14% to approximately 70,000 in 2025, marking the third straight annual decline and the longest drop ...

Overdose deaths fall for 3rd straight year amid a changing drug supply and funding cuts

Deaths declined as the pandemic waned. Researchers have pointed to numerous possible factors: an increase in the availability ...

Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus

A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect the virus before symptoms become severe. Now, it's ready to ...
Business Wire

Rheonix COVID-19™ MDx Assay Receives Expanded FDA Emergency Use Authorization to Include Saliva Home Collection Kit

ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rheonix Inc. announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an expanded Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Rheonix COVID-19™ ...
MedPage Today

Overdose Deaths Fell Again in 2025, but Some Worry About Policy, Drug Supply Changes

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year -- about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the ...

Reedley biolab operator convicted in scheme to sell millions of faulty COVID tests

A federal jury has convicted Jia Bei Zhu, operator of a Reedley biolab, in a $3.8-million scheme selling faulty, misbranded ...