KTBS

The opioid antidote, naloxone, may be in a pharmacy near you soon. Who can use it and how? Our medical analyst explains

What is naloxone, and how does it work to save lives from opioid overdose? How do you know if someone is overdosing, and how can bystanders administer the antidote? How can people get access to it now ...
MM&M

The Ad Council’s videos simplify life-saving naloxone use for young Americans

In the midst of the nation’s ongoing, multi-decade opioid epidemic, there was a smidge of good news. In 2023, there were about 1,500 fewer overdose deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic ...
katc

As overdoses climb, schools decide policies on Naloxone use

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 ...
Ibj.com

Justin Phillips: Next step in saving lives is training on naloxone use

Ten years ago, Indiana took a bold and compassionate step in addressing the opioid crisis when it passed Aaron’s Law, a first-of-its-kind bill removing barriers to naloxone, the life-saving medication ...
Rocky Mount Telegram

Health department seeking out agencies to distribute naloxone

The Nash County Health Department has life-saving medication for those suffering from an opioid overdose and is seeking to ...
News Medical

USC study sheds light on nationwide naloxone awareness and use

A new USC-led study provides the first nationwide picture of who knows about, carries, and uses naloxone to reverse deadly opioid overdoses. Mireille Jacobson, professor of gerontology at the USC ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Naloxone stops opioid overdoses. How do you use it?

The U.S. Surgeon General issued a rare national advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids. Naloxone is a medication designed to ...

New naloxone vending machines set up in Nashville

The Metro Public Health Department has increased 24-hour access to a life-saving resource by installing two new naloxone ...
The Boston Globe

Too many schools don’t teach students how to use this lifesaving drug

When it comes to addressing the significant toll of adolescent deaths due to opioid overdoses, stocking naloxone in school buildings is a promising solution. In today’s opioid crisis, students could ...
WHYY

Black Pennsylvanians are 50% less likely to receive naloxone, despite soaring overdose deaths, new study finds

In this Jan. 23, 2018 photo, Leah Hill, a behavioral health fellow with the Baltimore City Health Department, displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore. The overdose-reversal drug is a ...

Naloxone boxes to be placed in Baltimore metro stations in response to mass overdoses

Baltimore leaders will be putting naloxone boxes at metro stations in an effort to limit drug overdoses throughout the city.
WESA

Black Pennsylvanians are 50% less likely to receive naloxone, despite soaring overdose deaths

Protesters with ACT UP Philadelphia and SOL Collective demonstrate against overdose deaths outside City Hall in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 16, 2019. A recent study from the Pennsylvania Department of ...