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Deaths from drug overdose has reached record high levels in 2014 with 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in America a year ago, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention latest report.

Former President Carter continued to teach Sunday school that day despite the awful loss.

But on Monday (Dec. 21) more bad news arrived: The CDC said it is investigating “another, more recent outbreak” of E. coli linked to Chipotle’s restaurants.

The number of Americans who have died from a drug overdose attributable to opioids soared by 14 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Over 47,000 people died from drug overdoses, marking a 14 percent increase over one year. Deaths from heroin overdoses rose 26%. Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137%, including a 200% increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids...

USA stocks were only slightly higher in mid-day trading Monday, as a rebound earlier in the day fizzled. Oil prices are lower again today, briefly dipping below $34 per barrel, with the January contract on pace for a new six-year low. The Nasdaq composite gained 46 points, or 0.9...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say deadly drug overdoses have hit an all-time high previous year.

The hacker also changed Shkreli’s username to Martin The God, and posted an offensive bio.

The library will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday, closed on Friday and the Central Library only will be open Saturday.

On Monday, the FDA announced a new policy that allows gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they have abstained from having sex with another man for the previous year.

More than that, people addicted to opioids should have access to treatment, including access to naloxone, a drug that can reverse the symptoms in case of an opioid overdose. Since the turn of the century, the rate of deaths from overdoses has skyrocketed 137 percent, while the...

According to the report’s findings, nearly 50,000 Americans died in 2014 due to drug overdoses, which is not only more people than were killed in road traffic accidents, but is also more than twice the number recorded in the year 2000.

Jason Kidd will have right hip surgery in NY on Monday and he’s expected to miss “significant time” in January.

All kettles for The Salvation Army in Washington, Peoria and East Peoria will be wrapping up their collections on Christmas Eve. Online shopping impacts foot traffic, and fewer people are carrying cash.

50 clinics across Ontario will offer government-funded fertility treatments, starting today.