San Mateo County announced the launch of a program this week to place emergency overdose medication in publicly accessible boxes around the county. A box containing naloxone, which can reverse the ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville residents have a chance to learn how to save a life, thanks to free Narcan training sessions happening this month. The training is provided by Drug Free Duval and is ...

When people overdose on opioids, whether they wake up on their own or are revived by Narcan, many doctors assume they are fully recovered. This is a mistake because hypoxia (insufficient oxygen to the ...

Elysium Therapeutics has completed a $7.5 million funding round to accelerate development of its opioid overdose reversal technology. Named SOOPR (Synthetic Opioid Overdose Protection and Reversal), ...

Bradycardia on initial ED vital signs is associated with higher likelihood of xylazine detection in patients with opioid overdose. HealthDay News — Bradycardia is associated with an increased ...

CORNING, N.Y. (WETM)— The Southeast Steuben County Library hosted a NARCAN training event on Wednesday, Jan. 21, to educate community members on how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose.

Xylazine detection was higher in association with bradycardia on initial ED vital signs (adjusted odds ratio, 2.11). HealthDay News — Bradycardia is associated with an increased likelihood of xylazine ...

Recently, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Florida’s U.S. Senator Rick Scott teamed up to reintroduce their bipartisan School Access to Naloxone Act. The bipartisan legislation would ensure ...

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine ...