Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose. But there is a solution, public health officials say: Carry naloxone, even if you don’t think you know anyone who uses opioids.

Even though fentanyl-linked fatal overdoses are soaring among young adults, a new survey of American college students found that just 1 in 7 knew how to administer the overdose antidote drug naloxone.

After a recent string of deadly overdoses throughout the city, Austin and Travis County leaders held an event to show how to administer Naloxone, more commonly known as Narcan.

Delaware’s Division of Public Health released a mobile app that instructs users on how to administer naloxone to an individual experiencing an opioid overdose, Delaware Business Now reports. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 14.2% of college students reported knowing how to administer naloxone. Just over 66% felt comfortable ...

The NaloxBox installed at the Franklin branch of the Johnson County Public Library, which contains the life-saving medication naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdose, as well as information and ...

Researchers have developed an implant that might be able to automatically rescue people from an opioid overdose without outside assistance. Photo by Joanna Ciatti/Jihun Park/HealthDay News Naloxone ...

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 ...

The Wake County School Board is set to consider a proposal that would designate specific people on school campuses to be trained in administering naloxone in the event of an overdose emergency.

Too many people die to drug overdoses. That’s a fact. Anyone can help increase an overdosing individual’s chances for survival if they have access to naloxone and know how to use it. That’s another ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways Naloxone is a fast-acting drug used to reverse opioid ...