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Odds Of Dying From Accidental Opioid Overdose In US Surpass Those Of Dying In Car Accident – CBS Boston
(CNN) — For the first time on record the odds of accidentally dying from an opioid overdose in the United States are now greater than those of dying in an automobile accident. The grim finding comes from the National Safety Council which analyzed preventable injury and...
14 January, 2019
1 Dead and 14 Hospitalized from Apparent Overdose in Chico
CHICO -- California authorities believe the powerful opioid fentanyl is responsible for a mass overdose event that left one person dead and hospitalized over a dozen others. Chico police responded to a call at a home on Santana Court early Saturday morning. When they arrived they...
14 January, 2019
Suspected Fentanyl Overdoses Leave 1 Dead, 12 Hospitalized
One person is dead and 12 others hospitalized after suspected fentanyl overdoses in California that sickened two responding police officers, authorities said. Of the 12 overdose victims, four remained in critical condition hours after authorities responded to a 911 call around 9 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday at...
14 January, 2019
Odds of dying by opioid overdose higher than car crash, analysis finds
More people died nationwide of drug overdoses in 2017 than ever before, with a high concentration of those deaths in mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states. (Photo: DNY59, Getty Images/iStockphoto)For the first time ever, Americans' odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose are higher than from a...
14 January, 2019
A Mass Fentanyl Overdose Has Left 1 Dead and 12 Hospitalized in California
Image: GettyIn Northern California, a “mass causality overdose” caused by fentanyl has left one dead and 12 hospitalized, with four of the victims in critical condition.According to NBC News, authorities in Chico, California were called at 9 a.m. on January 13 and arrived to...
14 January, 2019
‘Mass Fentanyl Overdoses’ Reported In California
The Daily Mail is reporting one man dead and 12 more hospitalized after ‘mass overdose’ in California caused by fentanyl. According to The Sacramento Bee, authorities arrived at a home on the 1100 block of Santana Court around 9am on Saturday after receiving a 911 call from someone...
14 January, 2019
Baby nearly dies in Sherbrooke hospital due to accidental fentanyl overdose
A two-month-old infant narrowly survived a fentanyl overdose in a Sherbrooke, Que. hospital after she was given nearly three times the necessary dose by hospital staff, according to a medical report reviewed by Radio-Canada."The doctor told us, if she had been in a room elsewhere else, if she had...
14 January, 2019
Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road : NPR
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14 January, 2019
1 dead, 12 hospitalized in mass drug overdose believed to have involved fentanyl
CHICO, Calif. — A mass drug overdose at a home in Chico, California, has killed one person and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, police said. Chico Police Chief Michael O’Brien said the main substance involved is believed to be fentanyl — the most...
14 January, 2019