Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naloxone, commonly referred to as Narcan, is a medication used to reverse an opioid overdose. How does it work and where can you ...

The camera pans across a living room. There are lines of drugs on a coffee table. Panicked voices are heard in the background. "We need an ambulance. My friend won't wake up," one of the people says ...

Opioid-class drugs are commonly prescribed as powerful pain medications in both humans and animals, though they can also be accessed or used illicitly. These substances carry a significant risk of ...

The city of Columbia placed several 24/7 naloxone boxes across fire departments and community centers to combat opioid overdose deaths.

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than half of youth improved after receiving a dose of naloxone by emergency medical services (EMS) after an emergency dispatch call, according to research presented on September ...

As overdose deaths in Minnesota decline, Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota install free emergency naloxone. Overdose deaths dropped by about 24% in the U.S. in 2024, a decline nearly ...

A new implant could help prevent overdose deaths by automatically administering the OD-reversing drug naloxone, a new study shows. The implant, about the size of a stick of gum, is placed under the ...

In 2013, at least 80 percent of naloxone injections were used for heroin overdose, though deaths from prescription opioids are just as common. There was a push to increase access to Naloxone, ...

The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it. The latest college campus freebies? Naloxone and fentanyl test strips At the ...

The district said the investment, which is around $21,435.60, was made possible through the support of the county, the Nash ...

LOCKPORT – A Cambria woman who was incoherent and screaming because of an overdose of hydrocodone was revived Friday morning by a state trooper using Naloxone, an intranasal injection, after an ...

Marin County is acknowledging International Overdose Awareness Day on Saturday by installing additional naloxone vending machines throughout the county that dispense a medication that rapidly reverses ...