The Louisiana Department of Health launched Project Maternal Overdose Mortality Project to work directly with hospitals ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — For the last three years, the Myrtle Beach Opioid Response Team, part of the city’s fire department, has been a lifeline to many facing opioid addiction. Their work has ...

New popular weight-loss and anti-diabetes drugs may reduce the rate of opioid overdose or alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders, according to a new study. The research, published ...

An analysis of state health data shows that opioid overdose hospitalizations have decreased by more than 20% in the last year ...

The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security is warning the public of a new highly potent synthetic opioid making the rounds in Kentucky and contributing to overdose deaths in central Kentucky ...

In less than 80 days, a Naloxone vending machine outside Singing River Hospital in Gulfport has dispensed nearly 3,000 ...

There are signs the presence of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, may be declining in Montana. The drug was largely ...

Data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that all drug overdose deaths nationwide decreased 23% to 69,172 ...

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The Baltimore City Council's Public Safety Committee heard about opioid trends and potential solutions to the drug crisis during a meeting Tuesday, nearly two weeks after a mass overdose in the Penn ...

Data from American Medical Response shows medics responded to a total of 48 suspected overdoses in Manchester and Nashua in January.