In a local effort to address the opioid crisis, San Luis Obispo County Health officials have placed more than 20 kits across ...

There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to provisional Centers for ...

Some signs indicate efforts like the ones in Boston could be helping.

Naloxone, or Narcan, is a treatment that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose and is most commonly in the form of a nasal spray. The Ohio Department of Health has increased the number of naloxone ...

The coroner’s inquest into the deaths of five men at the Niagara Detention Centre ended with the jury making 66 ...

NaloxBoxes are self-contained, publicly accessible units that house essential tools for emergency overdose response, ...

Because of their resolve, we are proud to offer schools more than just naloxone. We can offer confidence in the safety of our school campuses and parental peace of mind,” Geyer added. The drug is ...

To address this trend, Johnson County Ambulance Services, or JCAS, has started the planning phase of a new Narcan distribution program, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses that is also known ...

The opioid crisis continues to devastate the U.S. In 2021, over 107,000 people died from drug overdoses. The annual economic ...

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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 ...