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Police in Everett issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl in less than a week
The Columbian· 6 days agoOfficials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past...
Naloxone vending machines installed across San Diego County
KGTV San Diego· 6 days agoVending machines dispensing life-saving medications have been popping up across San Diego County. Naloxone, the nasal spray reversing the effects of a drug overdose, is now ...
Cattaraugus County reports 2 opioid deaths in first quarter
Olean Times Herald· 1 day agoFewer people have died from opioid overdoses so far this year than the opening of 2023, county...
Braun calls for more legislative action after three infants exposed to fentanyl
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApr. 29—Senate Minority Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, has called on the Legislature to take additional action to curb children's access to fentanyl and other deadly narcotics ...
Frustrated by high drug prices, California will offer its own version of heavily discounted Narcan...
Fortune· 3 days agoThe New Jersey-based Amneal Pharmaceuticals will sell naloxone to California for $24 per pack, or about 40% cheaper than the market rate. California plans to give away many ...
Kern’s 2022 opioid overdose rate 83% higher than state rate; health department response includes...
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA leading contributor is, of course, illicit fentanyl, counterfeited to look like oxycontin or other...
Overdose surge in Sussex: Beebe ER in Lewes sees over 30 overdoses in 6 days
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMany of the patients require a significant amount of naloxone to revive, and more than 11 have...
How fentanyl and COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the racial profile of overdose deaths in US
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoNew research from the Penn State College of Health and Human Development examined racial and regional differences in overdose fatalities from 2012-21, capturing the periods preceding and during ...
Europe Could Soon Be Hooked on Fentanyl
Foreign Policy Magazine· 7 days agoThe synthetic opioid fentanyl was first synthesized in Belgium around 1960. Meanwhile in the United States, unregulated and unprescribed fentanyl became...
Video contest designed to battle fentanyl overdoses
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 3 days agoFAIRFIELD — Solano County Public Health has launched a "One Pill Can Kill" video contest.