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maternal mortality philadelphia

Maternal deaths in Philadelphia are rising, but most of them can be prevented, report shows

U.S. death rate dropped to record-low last year, CDC report says

Death Rate CDC

Children's Health

More teens are getting hospitalized for trying to get high on Benadryl, poison control warns

Benadryl Challenge Medication

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have been gamechangers for weight loss. Can they have a similar effect on addiction?

GLP-1 Ozempic Addiction

A 'fentanyl drought' may be a bigger factor in overdose deaths falling than increased prevention efforts

Overdose Deaths Fentanyl

Fatal overdoses involving stimulants have spiked. Local health officials are responding.

Stimulant deaths

For some, Overdose Awareness Day is more than a remembrance. It's a way to protest the city's approach to the crisis

Overdose Awareness Day

Fatal overdoses are falling, but 4 in 10 Philly residents believe the addiction crisis is worsening

Philly health department is beefing up response to powerful vet tranquilizer

Delco's new overdose response team seeks to connect drug users to treatment

Delco Overdose Response

Stimulant users are caught in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

The drop in overdose deaths may be the result of more veterinary tranquilizers – and less fentanyl – in street drugs

Drug Overdose Deaths

Drug overdose deaths decline in Philly for first time in 5 years

Montgomery County to open crisis center for people facing mental health and addiction emergencies

Montgomery County Crisis

Fatal overdoses fell slightly in the U.S. last year, but fentanyl still poses a big threat

After a big drop in COVID-19 deaths, U.S. life expectancy rose for the first time in 2 years

Life expectancy 2022

A law-and-order approach to Philly's overdose crisis will have grave effects, harm reduction advocates say

Overdose Prevention Kensington

Fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and meth are putting drug users at greater risk of overdose, DEA says

Fake Prescription Pills

'Fourth wave' of opioid epidemic crashes ashore, propelled by fentanyl and meth

More fatal overdoses now caused by smoking drugs than injecting them, CDC says

Drug Overdoses Smoking

As fentanyl increasingly taints cocaine and other stimulants, drug testing strips are needed to save lives, officials say

drug test strips

Pa. lawmakers propose involuntary hospitalization for people who overdose, but skeptics worry about potential harm

Involuntary Commitment Overdose Bill

Fatal overdoses reached another all-time high in Philadelphia last year

Philly Overdose Deaths

Supervised injection sites barred in most Philly neighborhoods after City Council overrides Jim Kenney's veto

Supervised Injection Site Law

Mayor Kenney to veto bill that prohibits supervised injection sites in most parts of Philly

Supervised Injection Site Veto

City Council moves to prohibit supervised injection sites in most of Philadelphia

Overdose Prevention Sites City Council

Over-the-counter Narcan to be sold at major retailers starting next week

Over-the-counter Narcan

Addiction research shows the influence that social factors have on men's health

Overdose Rate Men

Dog revived with Narcan after overdosing with its owner in Kensington, PSPCA says

Dog Overdose Kensington PSPCA

White House gives xylazine unprecedented 'emerging threat' designation

Over-the-counter Narcan to be available by late summer, manufacturer says

Narcan nasal spray

Methadone vans, overdose prevention services to be covered by Philly's opioid settlement funds

Philadelphia Opioid Settlement

With 'tranq dope' afflicting more drug users, Philly steps up overdose response training and wound care

Xylazine Tranq Philadelphia Overdoses

Fentanyl test strips made legal in Pennsylvania in hopes of reducing overdose deaths

Camden County schools will receive naloxone kits in effort to prevent opioid overdoses

Naloxone access varies widely in Pennsylvania – and so does the likelihood of surviving an overdose

Life expectancy in New Jersey fell by 2.6 years during the first year of COVID

Life expectancy New Jersey

They call it 'tranq' — and it's making street drugs even more dangerous

Tranq drug

As overdose deaths surged early in the COVID-19 pandemic, racial disparities also grew

Overdose Racial Disparities

Philadelphia expands grief counseling program for children of overdose victims

Philly Bereavement Counseling

Bill to legalize fentanyl test strips passes Pennsylvania House committee

Teen overdose deaths are increasing but drug use is at an all-time low

Counterfeit prescription pills

John Oliver cites Philly's former plan for supervised injection site; advocates for harm-reduction approach to opioid addiction

John Oliver Harm Reduction

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