Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of a ...

Using outdated newspaper vending boxes, the opioid awareness group Micah’s Hugs is installing free naloxone distribution ...

Deposit Photos. This article was originally published on KFF Health News. ... The remaining 97 school districts either didn’t stock naloxone at their schools or sourced it from elsewhere.

Image: Adobe Stock. The OTC availability of 4 mg Narcan nasal spray (naloxone hydrochloride; Emergent BioSolutions) comes amid an increasing trend in fatal opioid overdoses .

On Wednesday, two FDA advisory committees unanimously voted in favor of Narcan nasal spray being made available as an over-the-counter emergency treatment for opioid overdose.Specifically, the ...

In this Jan. 23, 2018 file photo, Leah Hill, a behavioral health fellow with the Baltimore City Health Department, displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore. Every public school in ...

Port Jefferson stores are now using Narcan nasal spray after a town Chamber of Commerce meeting that included a presentation by activist Carole Trottere, whose son Alex died of fentanyl in 2018.

Finally, naloxone has become widely available and is considered a major weapon — but not the cure-all — in the fight against the opioid-overdose epidemic.

Ms. Rude receives her Narcan supply from the city’s Drug Overdose Prevention and Education (DOPE) Project, which distributed more than 84,000 doses of naloxone from July 2022 to June 2023.

Amazon to Stock Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Narcan at Its Warehouses E-commerce giant is one of the biggest U.S. employers to respond to government pressure to make overdose medicine more ...

Couple called Uber to deliver Narcan instead of calling 911 while their 2-year-old died from an overdose, cops say - Edward Weiher and his fiancé, Alexa Balen were charged with first-degree ...