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Since 2022, the federal government has invested $26.1 million to help make naloxone, a medicine that blocks the effects of ...

Cook County Health joined other Cook County leaders on Wednesday, October 23, to announce the placement of vending machines ...

In 2023, more than 80,000 people in the United States died of opioid overdoses. An overdose occurs when a person takes too much of an opioid (morphine, heroin, fentanyl, etc.) or a combination of ...

For the last few months, the Mobile County Health Department’s Overdose Prevention Program has been working with LTS Health on a project to supply healthcare k ...

Training will include recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose and an explanation of how to use and access naloxone nasal ...

There’s been a large increase in the amount of bystanders who administer opioid reversal medication in the event of an ...

Naloxone is a life-saving medication which helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Improving naloxone access is a central pillar of the federal response to the worsening opioid crisis in the ...

Two first-year transfer students are hoping to replicate the success of a similar SRJC recovery program while working to get ...

The University of Arkansas will install a Med Kwik vending machine as part of the “One Pill Can Kill” initiative, a collaboration with Attorney General Tim Griffin aimed at raising ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Boxes of naloxone, a nasal spray equipped with opioid overdose reversal medication, will be available ...