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Few Young Adults Could Administer Naloxone to Reverse Fentanyl Overdose
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – 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...
Pediatric Prescription-Opioid Overdose Visits to ED Increased in 2020
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – There was a substantial increase in pediatric prescription-opioid overdose emergency department visits from 2019 to 2020 in the United States, according to a study...
Black and Native Americans Hit Hardest by 'Deaths of Despair'
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 – More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to “deaths of despair” than whites, a new study finds. These deaths – from suicide, drug overdose and alc...
Life Expectancy Increased From 2021 to Reach 77.5 Years in 2022
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 – Life expectancy increased to 77.5 years in 2022, while the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2002 to 2022 but did not change from 2021 to 2022,...
Working-Age Americans Are Dying at Much Higher Rates Than Peers in Other Wealthy Nations
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 – Working stiffs in the United States are dying at higher rates than those in other wealthy nations, a new study finds. Death rates among working-age Americans are 2.5 times...
U.S. Life Expectancy Rose Overall, But Overdose Deaths Still Set Records
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 – As the pandemic wound down, life expectancy in the United States began to bounce back in 2022, although deaths among children increased and drug overdose deaths continued...
Four in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Know Someone Who Died From Drug Overdose
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – More than four in 10 U.S. adults personally know at least one person who died by drug overdose, according to an editorial published in the March issue of the American ...
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans Know Someone Who's Died From Drug Overdose
THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 – More than two in every five Americans know someone who’s died from a drug overdose, a new study shows. The study highlights the heavy toll that the U.S. opioid epidemic has ...
FDA Announces Shelf-Life Extension for Narcan (naloxone) Nasal Spray
January 17, 2024 – Today, FDA is announcing that Emergent BioSolutions is extending the shelf-life of newly manufactured NARCAN (naloxone hydrochloride) 4 milligram (mg) Nasal Spray products from...
2018 to 2021 Saw Increase in Pregnancy-Linked Drug OD Mortality Ratios
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 – From 2018 to 2021, pregnancy-associated overdose mortality ratios increased consistently for women aged 10 to 44 years, according to a study published online Nov. 22 in...
Opioid Rx Down, but Overdoses and Deaths Up, AMA Report Shows
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 – Opioid prescribing by physicians and other health professionals has decreased for the 13th consecutive year, down nearly 50 percent since 2012, while overdoses and deaths...
Incidence of Drug Overdose-Related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Up Fivefold
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 – The incidence of drug overdose-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OD-OHCA) more than doubled from 2015 to 2021, according to a study published online Nov. 7 in JAMA ...
Fatal ODs Are Hitting Less-Educated Americans the Hardest
FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2023 – Americans who haven't been to college appear to be a risk group for drug overdose deaths. Deaths due to overdose increased among less-educated Americans, with the rate nearly...
Two-Thirds of Americans Say Their Lives Have Been Affected by Addiction: Poll
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 – Millions of Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and millions more struggle with an addicted family member or friend, a new KFF poll finds. The poll of more than...
Drug Overdose Death Risk Increased for Specific Health Care Workers
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 – Specific health care workers have an increased risk for drug overdose death, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Mark Olfson,...
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