A new synthetic opioid has now been linked to 16 deaths in East Tennessee, the Knox County Regional Forensic Center announced ...

Researchers have found that key brain cells may be damaged in overdose, and OUD itself resembles near-drowning victims. Serial neurological evaluations and neurorehab could help.

One county in Colorado has committed to investing more than $4 million into opioid prevention, treatment and recovery. It's ...

Bradycardia on arrival is associated with an increased likelihood of xylazine detection in adults in the emergency department ...

Brendan Saloner ([email protected]), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Pooja Lagisetty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Access and scale are two sides of the same coin. Whereas ...

Pennsylvania’s new law requires EMS to report overdoses to a statewide system, expanding data to improve the state’s opioid ...

Opioid overdoses continue to take a devastating toll across the United States. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Elysium Therapeutics has completed a $7.5 million funding round to accelerate development of its opioid overdose reversal ...

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine ...

First responders in Minnesota’s capital city will have increased access to a tool to fight opioid addiction. St. Paul interim ...

With increasing age, older adults are more likely to encounter health conditions and injuries that require opioid therapy for pain relief. This reality means that opioid overdoses are a concern for ...

“Our children are our most important resource, and it is our highest duty to keep them safe in school,” said Representative Emerson.