Earlier this year, the Polk County Health Department installed a harm reduction vending machine outside of its building. The ...

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A batch of illicit drugs that was mixed with fentanyl and other substances may have been the cause of a mass overdose in.

Naloxone can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks. The opioid crisis has been front and center this week thanks to President Donald Trump's visit to New Hampshire, a state that has been ...

A Lacey firefighter saved a puppy exposed to fentanyl by giving it naloxone at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning.

Two advisory committees to the FDA have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone, be made available over the counter. CNN Medical Analyst ...

Two Vacaville police officers were treated with naloxone and taken to an area hospital Tuesday night after they showed signs ...

Opioids are dangerous substances, but overdoses can be reversed if prompt action is taken. Having naloxone around people who use opioids in whatever form can and does save lives. All people using such ...

When administered to mice along with naloxone, it is 10 times as potent as naloxone alone at blocking morphine’s ability to attenuate pain and depress breathing (Nature 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586 ...

Initial vending machine sites are six businesses, mostly in North County, and the county health department's three health ...

St. Louis County launches free naloxone vending machines in high-need areas to help prevent opioid overdose deaths.