Researchers have identified bradycardia—an abnormally low heart rate—as a symptom of xylazine-opioid overdose. This breakthrough finding from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai may help ...

For adults in the ED with a suspected opioid overdose, bradycardia appears to be associated with increased likelihood of xylazine detection.

Signs that a teen might have recently started using drugs were listed on materials handed out to parents: behaving ...

This marks the first time that researchers have tied this symptom to the novel adulterant ...

Chicago saw a dramatic decrease in opioid overdose deaths in 2025. Law enforcement and public health professionals worked in parallel on this issue.

CORNING, N.Y. (WETM)— The Southeast Steuben County Library hosted a NARCAN training event on Wednesday, Jan. 21, to educate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investigators suspect the overdoses could be linked to fentanyl being laced into other drugs unexpectedly. Deputies are urging ...

This fall, pro football legend, Emmitt James Smith III, is kicking off his third year with Ready to Rescue, an initiative to break down the stigma around opioid poisonings and educating others on how ...

Fewer than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid-use disorders receive proper care, study finds In 2022, 52,000 Medicare beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for ...