The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about a popular medication used for weight loss. The FDA says it has received reports of people overdosing on compounded semaglutide, ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Five people were hospitalized Friday after another reported overdose incident in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood, according to Baltimore police. It comes almost one ...

This study investigated how geography helps explain the striking increase in opioid-related overdose deaths among Black Americans since the proliferation of fentanyl. Using mortality data from the ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating sometimes-deadly overdoses with common anti-diarrhea drugs, a bizarre manifestation of the nation's drug abuse problem. The primary ingredient ...

St. Paul’s Hospital has an overdose prevention site and is one of just three BC hospitals The Tyee was able to get non-fatal overdose data for.

At least 25 people were hospitalized Thursday after experiencing what officials believe to be overdoses in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood. There were no fatalities, Baltimore Fire Department ...

James Patton overdosed on fentanyl in a park just a few weeks ago. As an on-and-off cocaine user for more than 40 years, he was familiar with the white, powdery substance and the "good feeling" he got ...

Beginning in 2023, there was less fentanyl in the U.S. drug supply. The opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone’s availability is increasing and so is access to addiction treatment. Experts say the ...

Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of a mass overdose event in Baltimore Thursday. The city, as part of its ...

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