The overdose crisis continues to worsen in the U.S., and overdose deaths reached an all-time high in 2021. Experts say that a simple drug — naloxone — is a key tool in preventing more deaths. But not ...

An Ohio State University study found bystanders are using naloxone in higher quantities to help save people from overdosing on opioids. The study looked at national use of naloxone by people without ...

Emergency medical services’ use of naloxone has demonstrated an alarming increase amid the ongoing opioid epidemic, according to research published Aug. 10 in the CDC’s most recent Morbidity and ...

More bystanders are stepping in to administer naloxone to people who've overdosed on opioids, a new study shows. Nearly 25,000 OD patients received naloxone from an untrained bystander before ...

The man lay on a bedroom floor between an Xbox and a puddle of spilled water. His eyes were closed, feet splayed. The only movement came from the police officer next to him who was repeatedly pushing ...

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 ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. It is commonly used as a nasal spray but can also be administered as a shot. First responders, doctors and people ...

Members of Lorain County Public Health and volunteers went door to door in several neighborhoods in September as part of an effort to distribute more naloxone in the community. On a bright September ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than half of youth improved after receiving a dose of naloxone by emergency medical services (EMS) after an emergency dispatch call, according to research presented on September ...

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KGO) -- There's a new to push to make a life-saving drug more easily available in California. It's called Naloxone and it can reverse the deadly effects of overdoses from such drugs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wichita Transit drivers have been trained on how to use naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Drivers were shown ...