Updates

The CDC recently released a report showing that fentanyl death rates skyrocketed 279 percent between 2016 and 2021, and communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by the rise. More Black Americans died from fentanyl overdoses than from any other drug...

Findings from the Eating, Sleeping and Consoling for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (ESC-NOW) study show that the ESC approach is more effective than  usual care approaches for opioid-exposed infants. Eat, Sleep, Console promotes parental engagement and gives special...

Opvee is similar to naloxone, the life-saving drug that has been used for decades to quickly counter overdoses of heroin, fentanyl and prescription painkillers. Both work by blocking the effects of opioids in the brain, which can restore normal breathing and blood...

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths and provisional data on ED visits for overdose. The IVPB was unable to update the fentanyl-positive death report this month....

A survey of more than 2,500 teens and young adults led by the American Heart Association found that vaping nicotine and THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana, was associated with self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety. The study’s preliminary findings...