Salisbury Fire Department leaders say a two-year mobile health and opioid outreach program helped cut overdose calls by more ...

Most hospitals already offer naloxone to anyone treated for an opioid overdose, but two hospitals are investigating whether ...

The dramatic decline mirrors national trends in overdose deaths, which peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic and have since ...

New popular weight-loss and anti-diabetes drugs may reduce the rate of opioid overdose or alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders, according to a new study. The research, published ...

Ozempic may lower the risk of opioid overdose in patients with Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests, the latest research to find a positive connection between the diabetes drug and another unrelated ...

Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) can cut overdose deaths by more than 50%. To help educate providers the HCA ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Opioid overdose deaths in Cook County largely remained steady in 2023, likely to fall just short of the record set in 2022. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said preliminary ...

Opioid overdoses in Salisbury are trending in the right direction, with emergency calls dropping significantly over the past ...

A new consultation on expanding access to naloxone—which reverses the effects of opioid overdoses—to homeless shelters and other key locations has been launched by the UK government.1 Part of the plan ...

Georgia public schools will soon have access to opioid overdose reversal kits as the state continues to grapple with rising ...

In 2023, Milwaukee County received $111 million in funds, to be given out over 18 years, representing the largest amount ...

Public health officials say calls for suspected opioid overdoses in Toronto jumped over the holidays compared with the same ...