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 ...

What if I told you there’s an easy way to save someone who’s overdosing? It’s true! Quickly giving naloxone can reverse ...

An Ohio State University study found bystanders are using naloxone in higher quantities to help save people from overdosing on opioids. The study looked at national use of naloxone by people without ...

What's in the nurse's office at your child's school? Band aids? Defibrillators? EpiPens? What about Naloxone? Naloxone is a medication that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, and ...

The overdose crisis continues to worsen in the U.S., and overdose deaths reached an all-time high in 2021. Experts say that a simple drug — naloxone — is a key tool in preventing more deaths. But not ...

Naloxone boxes stocked with overdose‑reversal medication are now open to the public at select Boone County fire stations.

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KGO) -- There's a new to push to make a life-saving drug more easily available in California. It's called Naloxone and it can reverse the deadly effects of overdoses from such drugs ...

In 2020, Davis Schneider of the Toronto Blue Jays didn't know about naloxone, the drug that can reverse opioid overdoses and ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. It is commonly used as a nasal spray but can also be administered as a shot. First responders, doctors and people ...

Members of Lorain County Public Health and volunteers went door to door in several neighborhoods in September as part of an effort to distribute more naloxone in the community. On a bright September ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wichita Transit drivers have been trained on how to use naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Drivers were shown ...