Researchers at University of California campuses at Davis and San Diego have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug ...

The Springfield Fire Department (SFD) has released its 2024 annual report, noting the department has strengthened its ...

The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s new harm reduction initiative is helping prevent needless deaths.

Recent reports of opioid overdoses and methamphetamine usage is worrying Dubuque County health officials who are also ...

Garrett is one of the voices behind “ You Have the Power to Save Lives ,” a new campaign that urges Black communities across ...

Narcan / Naloxone Spray - Photo courtesy of Giovanni Cancemi on Shutterstock In a move to combat substance use, the City ...

Interneurons have a multipolar structure that allows them to receive multiple signals and then send a unified command to another neuron. In this way, you can think of interneurons as traffic ...

An alarming spike in overdoses in Saskatoon has some front-line workers calling on the Saskatchewan government to expand its Take Home Naloxone program to include the more user-friendly nasal ...

Supplying every AED first-aid box with epinephrine auto-injectors and naloxone can significantly increase survival rates. The opioid epidemic has persisted for a long time, and treating patients ...

A new study from U of T Engineering researchers points to practical strategies to prevent deaths from opioid poisoning by optimizing the distribution of naloxone kits. “The opioid epidemic is a ...

Naloxone kits cost between $30 and $50 each, and distribution fees and putting them in a container for public access raised the cost to between $150 and $200 per kit, said Leung.