Narcan

Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen is working to put the anti-overdose medication naloxone into the hands of as many heroin users as possible. But the price of the antidote has nearly doubled.

The Florida House this week sent a bill (HB 269) to Gov. Rick Scott that would allow terminally ill patients to have access to experimental drugs.The…

At the front of a classroom, health worker Cheryll Moore demonstrates "the nod" — a jerk of the head forward and then quickly back — a telltale sign of…

A prescription drug that counters the effects of a pain medication overdose could soon be available to caregivers and others.The bill (HB751/SB758) passed…

For more than 40 years, there’s been a drug that can stop a heroin overdose in its tracks, if someone gives the drug in time. And it turns out that the…