There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

Kennedy will make his first appearance as health secretary before Cassidy’s powerful Senate health committee on Wednesday.

Around 80,000 people died from an overdose last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data — down 27% from 110,000 in 2023.

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There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.