A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

Bradycardia on initial ED vital signs associated with higher likelihood of xylazine detection in patients with opioid overdose ...

Chicago saw a dramatic decrease in opioid overdose deaths in 2025. Law enforcement and public health professionals worked in parallel on this issue.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Opioid-related overdose deaths dropped from around 110,000 in 2023 to about 75,000 in 2024. An AMA report also ...

Signs that a teen might have recently started using drugs were listed on materials handed out to parents: behaving ...

Fewer than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid-use disorders receive proper care, study finds In 2022, 52,000 Medicare beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for ...

This fall, pro football legend, Emmitt James Smith III, is kicking off his third year with Ready to Rescue, an initiative to break down the stigma around opioid poisonings and educating others on how ...

Bradycardia is associated with an increased likelihood of xylazine detection in adults in the ED with suspected opioid overdose.