Overwhelmed by the opioid crisis, public health agencies across the US and Canada are increasingly training the public to use the overdose antidote drug naloxone. Now, with more potent narcotics ...

For the first time since 2020, the American Heart Association has updated its CPR guidelines, introducing several key changes. The new guidance includes updated recommendations for responding to ...

Battalion Chief of EMS and Special Operations, Christopher Roush, met with Ozarks First to explain how the new naloxone ...

'Carrying naloxone can be just as important as learning CPR,' says Philadelphia's assistant deputy commissioner of the fire department. Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley demonstrates the ...

With Edmonton being the epicentre of Alberta’s deadly opioid crisis, city councillors decided to expand naloxone training to more city employees to stop overdoses. “If you have first-aid training, if ...

Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone (also called Narcan), be made ...

Naloxone, nicknamed the “Lazarus drug” for its ability to quickly reverse an opioid overdose, is becoming easier to access in ...

On March 13, four men in a home just outside of Fort Lauderdale were hospitalized after drug residue found inside the rental property tested positive as fentanyl. Just three days earlier, six students ...

TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As of June 1, 2023, the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) will require workplaces to have a naloxone kit if an employer becomes aware, or ought ...

A steering committee has identified early actions for post-secondary institutions to follow in the event of an overdose on campus. The Ministry of Post-Secondary Education says early actions it ...