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,...
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...
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...
FDA considers making Narcan opioid overdose antidote available without prescription | CNN
CNN — Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Wednesday to discuss whether a nasal spray version...
Tracking the opioid crisis: Inside the DEA’s secret lab | CNN
Watch CNN Films’ “American Pain” at 9 p.m. ET Sunday, February 5. CNN — Sitting among the warehouses of Dulles,...
Naloxone is reaching more people than ever | CNN
CNN — As drug overdose deaths hover near record levels in the United States, naloxone is reaching more people than...
