Narcan

A key legislative committee in Connecticut has approved regulations for the state’s over-the-counter medication vending machines.

The FDA approved over-the-counter sales of the overdose-reversing drug, but 28 towns in Connecticut don’t have a store with a permit to sell it.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is calling on Emergent BioSolutions to lower nasal Narcan prices. The FDA authorized over-the-counter sale of the drug last week.

After multiple overdose deaths in 2021, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital is collaborating with local businesses to launch Narcan rescue stations on the East End.

The latest data from the state Department of Public Health indicates a spike in fentanyl use is contributing to the rising number of fatal overdoses.

Governor Hochul proceeds with the state’s congestion pricing plan.

Governor Andrew Cuomo wants New York’s Department of Financial Services to investigate reports of nurses being denied life insurance for carrying the…

According to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Connecticut has one of the highest rates of opioid-related ER visits in the…

Naloxone is a lifesaving drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Efforts have been made in the current opioid epidemic to make it more…

Last year Suffolk County led the state in opioid overdose deaths, with 150 fatalities. In 2006 the state began training responders in the administration…