Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

Opioid overdose deaths have declined to pre-pandemic levels, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National overdose death data updated Wednesday from ...

Implementation of the Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP) in emergency departments (EDs) led to a 2.3-fold increase in initiation of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs), better treatment ...

While opioids have been involved in most of Alaska’s drug overdose deaths, another drug is a frequent contributor to those outcomes: methamphetamine. A little over half of the fatal overdoses in ...

Drug overdose is the number one cause of accidental death in Connecticut, where someone is more likely to die from a drug overdose than from a car accident. Researchers are seeking to understand how ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A breakthrough medical development could change how opioid overdoses are treated. Researchers at the everyday identified a molecule that could stop an opioid overdose with ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are sharing tips for preventing and recognizing opioid overdoses ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day. In recognition ...

The Louisiana Department of Health launched Project Maternal Overdose Mortality Project to work directly with hospitals across the state to address the issue.

MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE PRESS RELEASE) - Senator Jeff Smith (D–Brunswick) and Representative Jodi Emerson (D–Eau Claire) have introduced new legislation addressing one of the most urgent ...

The National Safety Council made the announcement Monday. For the first time in history, an American is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than they are from a motor vehicle crash, ...