A dramatic spike in opioid-related emergency department visits has been reported in recent months in Douglas County. The ...

W.Va., is leading a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday where Health and Human Services ...

A recent report finds drug overdose deaths across all 50 states could reach its lowest level since 2019, but South Dakota is ...

They should understand that the work we’re doing is not only saving lives, but it’s bettering our community,” an instructor ...

Data Shows First Sustained Annual Decrease in Opioid Overdose Deaths Since 2019. Vermont Business Magazine New data from the Vermont Department of Health shows a significant decli ...

B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics responded to 40,543 opioid poisonings in 2024 – an average of 111 calls a day ...

Alas, not all the news is good. While the number of fatal overdoses is down, the number of overall overdoses is increasing ...

An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

The following is a summary of “Risk Stratification for Postoperative Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression: A Retrospective Case-Control Analysis of Existing Validated Tools” published in the April ...

Washington recorded a 12% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024, as the country sees its largest decline in history. A variety ...

The overdose reversal drug naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan) is now available to all community members from a ...