FILE – California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2023. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Newsom announced California is partnering with New Jersey-based Amneal ...
California will soon begin selling its own generic version of Narcan — the drug that can save someone’s life during an opioid overdose — under a deal announced Monday by Democratic Gov.
An estimated 15 million Americans use kratom, a controversial herbal supplement made from the leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia. Federal health officials want to ban it, but advocates want ...
By Ben Glickman Amneal Pharmaceuticals said it had begun distributing the generic version of its over-the-counter overdose treatment to retail ...
New provisional CDC data published Wednesday shows drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell from 2022 to 2023, marking the first annual decline in five years. Walgreens announced Wednesday it will be ...
SAN DIEGO — As the number of fentanyl-related deaths continues to skyrocket, one of the most effective treatments for opioid addiction is also one of the hardest to access. California has among ...
For sure, Gov. Gavin Newsom believes his 2020 stay-home order at the start of the coronavirus pandemic saved thousands of lives. Many other states soon followed with similar orders, although some ...
Local Governments Struggle to Distribute Their Share of Billions From Opioid Settlements Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to ...
Aimee Dunkle often ruminates about the call that could have saved her son's life. A friend was with her 20-year-old son when he was in the grips of a heroin overdose in 2012, but the young man ...