The public health numbers were cause for celebration: U.S. overdose deaths fell for a second year in a row. After two decades of rising deaths, fatal overdoses killed…
Read more What’s driving down US overdose deaths?Frederick County’s health department will be installing a new health vending machine at the city’s Department of Housing and Services location and other locations. Maryland’s Frederick County Health…
Read more Frederick County installs new health vending machine, featuring naloxone, fentanyl test strips – WTOP NewsBOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway stations, citing a lack of…
Read more MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosksA woman died after she was found unresponsive in her cell at the Jefferson County Detention Facility early Wednesday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. A deputy found…
Read more Woman dies in custody at Jeffco jailWhen federal agencies recognize an “awareness day” for something, that’s code for: “Take this seriously. Please.” Deaths from fentanyl — the synthetic, often deadly opioid frequently present in…
Read more Fentanyl: Facts and myths on the drug driving OD deathsBOSTON — Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone experiencing an opioid overdose: she…
Read more Lawmaker hosts naloxone training at StatehouseStudents in Loudoun County will now be able to carry naloxone in their backpacks, as part of an update to the school district’s student medication policy. Students in…
Read more Loudoun Co. approves plan to allow students to carry Narcan at school – WTOP NewsReversing a fentanyl overdose with naloxone – CBS News Watch CBS News Medical examiner Dr. Steven Campman told 60 Minutes that more than two doses of naloxone, a…
Read more Reversing a fentanyl overdose with naloxoneBOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose deaths in the past year.…
Read more Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain highIn order to address the increasing number of overdose deaths related to prescription opioids and illicit drugs, Orange County has engaged with the Centers for Disease Control and…
Read more Orange County Adopts CDC Initiative to Reduce Fatal & Nonfatal OverdosesRockville-based Emergent BioSolutions is eliminating 300 jobs and will not fill 85 current job openings, as part of a broad restructuring that also includes closing manufacturing facilities, including…
Read more Rockville-based Narcan maker Emergent is cutting hundreds of jobs – WTOP NewsCalifornia is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that can save someone’s life during an opioid overdose, under…
Read more California joining with N.J. company to buy generic opioid overdose reversal drug NarcanCARY, N.C. (WTVD) — On Tuesday, Wake County school officials took another step toward putting potentially life-saving medicine into public schools — countywide. Wake County School Board members…
Read more Wake County school board approves Naloxone policyAs per a new law, the Department of Defense will begin tracking overdoses within the United States military in 2024 and begin to provide naloxone to service members…
Read more Department of Defense To Track Military Overdoses, Provide NARCAN | High Times… researchers are now exploring cannabidiol (CBD), a component of marijuana, … of cannabis called cannabidiol (CBD) could possibly help. But … with naloxone, they found CBD accelerated…
Read more How CBD could help save overdose victims – Medical Marijuana Program ConnectionThe Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the overdose-reversal drug Narcan without a prescription, a move long sought by advocates to aid the national response to the…
Read more FDA Approves First Over-The-Counter Narcan To Reduce OverdosesBy Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Drug overdose deaths — both accidental and intentional — have quadrupled over the past 20 years…
Read more Fatal Drug ODs Among U.S. Seniors Have Quadrupled in 20 YearsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to…
Read more FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means | Long Island Business NewsFeb. 3, 2023 – Good news for those of us with lower back pain: Muscle relaxants and common pain relievers provided relief from low back pain after a…
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