What makes fentanyl so dangerous and how can people prevent overdoses? Our expert explains | CNN
CNN — The United States is facing a crisis of overdose deaths. In 2021, more than 106,000 Americans lost their...
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DEA issues alert about widespread threat of xylazine | CNN
CNN — The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine,...
Is Guinness really ‘good for you’? | CNN
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Chronic pain patients struggle to get opioid prescriptions filled, even as CDC eases guidelines | CNN
KHN — Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search...
Children under 5 are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds | CNN
CNN — The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according...
Tranq has become a bigger part of Philly’s street fentanyl supply. The wounds left behind are killing people | CNN
Programming note: Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall examining the deadly toll fentanyl has taken across the US. Watch ‘America...
The opioid antidote, naloxone, may be in a pharmacy near you soon. Who can use it and how? Our medical analyst explains | CNN
CNN — Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal...
This infection is completely preventable in infants if it’s caught in time, so why is it on the rise? | CNN
CNN — Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery, and doctors massaged her...
Daily use of marijuana raises risk of heart disease, study finds | CNN
CNN — Using marijuana every day can raise a person’s risk of coronary artery disease, or CAD, by a third...
FDA advisers vote in favor of making opioid overdose antidote available over the counter | CNN
CNN — If the US Food and Drug Administration gives the go-ahead, a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose...
