I keep NARCAN (a brand of naloxone) in my backpack because I go to places where overdoses can occur. Places like sporting venues, airports and even department stores. Yes – all these locations have ...

FILE PHOTO: A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn't ending the fentanyl crisis Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing ...

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 ...

Wichita Transit drivers have been trained on how to use naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Drivers were shown how to recognize signs of an overdose and how to use the medication ...

South Carolina is marking Naloxone Awareness Day on Jan. 23, urging residents to learn how to recognize and respond to opioid ...

Audrey's brother has been struggling with heroin addiction for most of her life. — -- Audrey Stepp is 9 years old, and for most of her life, her brother Sammy Stepp has been struggling with a ...

Imagine the scene. You walk into a room to find your loved one unconscious on the floor, barely breathing. You know your loved one has been using prescription painkillers or heroin and believe s/he ...

A new USC-led study provides the first nationwide picture of who knows about, carries, and uses naloxone to reverse deadly ...

Since December, small kiosks have popped up across Mesa County that have allowed people to anonymously access more than 1,200 free boxes of naloxone, the drug that reverses an opioid overdose. The ...

Naloxone boxes will be placed in Baltimore metro stations following multiple recent mass overdoses, Baltimore leaders announced Monday. Mayor Brandon Scott and other community advocates met Monday ...