SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Spokane County is facing a significant challenge with a 300% increase in overdoses since 2018. Dr. Veena Singh from the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office highlighted the ...

Novel synthetic opioids are primarily combined with fentanyl and other illicit drugs, which makes them even more potent and dangerous to unsuspecting users. The Health Department explained that novel ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health is warning health professionals that new opioids are showing up in the illicit drug ...

San Francisco's public health department is looking to address the number of unintentional overdose deaths, which has been on the rise in 2025.

A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system.

Over the same period, synthetic opioid fatalities fell by 33 percent to 52,400 ... tailored specifically to the most at-risk ...

Speaking at a press conference Monday morning at Toronto General Hospital, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said U.S. President ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is embarking on a "Make American Healthy Again" tour but has his own past demons.

The Emergence of Sotonitazene Sotonitazene, also referred to as nitazene, is a synthetic opioid that was developed in the 1950s as a candidate for pain management but never received approval for ...

The Virginia Department of Health reported more than 2,000 deaths related to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in 2021. Since hitting a peak in 2021, state data shows overdoses have slowly ...

In a report sent Thursday, OPD said their team found a “highly potent synthetic opioid,” called carfentanil, in the metro. OPD said the drug has been found in M-30 blue pill form, but it may ...