International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held annually on August 31. Its purpose is to end overdoses, raise awareness of overdose risks, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths, and ...

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Naloxone kits will soon arrive at colleges and universities statewide including on the campus of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. The kits will be available for the ...

“You would have looked at my sons and never known,” says Bonnie Milas, MD. She’s speaking about the accidental opioid overdoses that killed her two adult sons in 2018 and 2019. She and other doctors ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wright Center has announced they are participating in a state-led initiative to give away free overdose-reversing kits and other harm-reduction supplies.

Oak Lawn, Ill.-based Advocate Christ Medical Center’s pharmacy now provides certain emergency department patients with a free naloxone kit before discharge, making Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate ...

In Vancouver, locations participating in a take-home naloxone program covered an area where about 35% of opioid poisonings historically occurred. With geospatial analysis, researchers found that ...

Workplaces in California could eventually be required to stock their first aid kits with naloxone or another medication that can stop an opioid overdose under a bill signed this week by Gov. Gavin ...

Many of us take actions so we can help someone in a life-threating situation, whether that means learning CPR or buying a first aid kit. Another lifesaving tool to add to the list: a naloxone rescue ...

Riley Moser is a digital producer who covers breaking news and feature stories for CBS Minnesota. Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 and earned an honorable mention for sports ...

ALABAMA (WRBL) — Officials with the Alabama Department of Public Health announced on Friday that free naloxone kits are being offered to the public at the Elmore County Health Department. The move ...

At least two local departments of health are offering free Naloxone (Narcan) nasal spray kits. In an email news release, the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County says, “[i]ncreasing access ...