Researchers have reported that a newly developed vaccine that could combat both opioid dependency and overdose has yielded what appear to be positive results in animal testing. The vaccine, which uses monoclonal antibodies – antibodies made by identical copies of immune cells – appeared to block...
One at a home, the other at a hotel Four days before Christmas, Ocala police officers assisted in reviving two people who suffered drug overdoses. They were separate instances at different locations, with less than half an hour between the two.On Christmas Day, officers again assisted...
By Anna Rumer - December 25, 2018 Mac Miller's mother is counting her blessings during the first holiday season without her son. The late rapper's mom shared a photo of her Christmas Eve dinner...
The past week and a half has been kind of a good-news, bad-news cycle.Last week, the Brennan Center for Justice released its revised preliminary analysis of crime and murder in the nation’s most populous cities for 2018. Good news: The Brennan Center’s “early snapshot” report...
The opioid crisis has caused the Kainai Healing Lodge to open its doors around the clock over the holidays as a safe withdrawal site."We're supporting Indigenous clients suffering from severe withdrawal from substance use — in particular opioids," consultant Shauna Fox said."Our priority is [to focus on] individuals that...
Dec. 24 (UPI) -- In 2018, researchers continued gaining ground on cancer and learning how Alzheimer's disease and other dementias work. They found new ways to make prosthetic limbs feel like real ones, and put into practice methods to reduce hospital-borne infection and attempt to...
The US opioid epidemic is worsening because of rising overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Synthetic opioids are highly potent painkillers that can be...
As we near the end of 2018, the latest public health data suggests we may be seeing a plateau in the number of opioid deaths. ideastream’s Lecia Bushak joins "Morning Edition" host Amy Eddings with an update on this and other health stories that made...
Jenna Portnoy Reporter covering Virginia, Maryland and D.C. congressional delegations December 24 at 5:07 PM The District on Monday announced a plan aimed at cutting opioid-related...